Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall
King James Version
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Holman Bible
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
International Standard Version
The firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased from Israel.
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, that the first-born who she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
American Standard Version
And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.
Amplified
It shall be that her firstborn [son] will
Bible in Basic English
Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.
Darby Translation
And it shall be, that the firstborn that she beareth shall stand in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not blotted out from Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And it is the first-born which she shall bear shall rise up upon the name of his brother the dead, and his name shall not be wiped from Israel
King James 2000
And it shall be, that the firstborn that she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And then the firstborn that she bears {shall represent his dead brother}, so that his name is not blotted out from Israel.
Modern King James verseion
And it shall be, the first-born whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his dead brother, so that his name may not be put out of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the eldest son which she beareth, shall stand up in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out in Israel.
NET Bible
Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.
New Heart English Bible
It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
And it shall be, that, the firstborn which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, - so shall his name not be wiped out from Israel.
Webster
And it shall be, that the first-born which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not become extinct in Israel.
World English Bible
It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
Themes
Brother » Brother's widow. » Law concerning levirate marriage of
the First-born » Privileges of » In case of death the next brother to raise up seed to
Inheritance » Provisions for inheritance under levirate marriages
Marriage » Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother's widow)
Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 25:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5
"If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
6 It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 28:8-10
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,
Deuteronomy 9:14
Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
Deuteronomy 21:19
then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives,
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
Ruth 4:1-7
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
Ruth 4:10-12
Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day."
Psalm 9:5
You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
May his posterity be cut off; may his name be blotted out in the second generation!