Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
B@kowr
Yalad
Quwm
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Muwth
Shem
References
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Easton
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Hastings
Smith
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 25:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 When brethren dwell together and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be given out unto a stranger: but her brother-in-law shall go in unto her and take her to wife and marry her. 6 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. 7 But and if the man will not take his sister-in-law, then let her go to the gate unto the elders and say, 'My brother-in-law refuseth to stir up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not marry me.'
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Names
Cross References
Genesis 28:8-10
and seeing also that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father:
Deuteronomy 9:14
let me alone that I may destroy them and put out the name of them from under heaven, and I will make of thee a nation both greater and more than they.'
Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place,
Deuteronomy 29:20
"And so the LORD will not be merciful unto him, but then the wrath of the LORD and his jealousy, smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book light upon him, and the LORD do out his name from under heaven,
Ruth 4:1-7
Then went Boaz unto the gate and sat him down there. And behold, the kinsman of which Boaz spake came by. Unto whom he said, "Come and sit down here, and called him by his name." And he turned in and sat down.
Ruth 4:10-12
And moreover, Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, do I take unto me to wife to stir up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that his name be not put out from among his brethren, and from the gate of his city: ye are witnesses this day."
Psalm 9:5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; thou hast put out their name forever and ever.
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.