Deuteronomy 25:8

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Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/קָֽרְאוּ ל֥/וֹ זִקְנֵי עִיר֖/וֹ וְ/דִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑י/ו וְ/עָמַ֣ד וְ/אָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְ/קַחְתָּֽ/הּ
English Translation
And they will call for the elders of his city and they will speak to me, and he will stand and say, "I did not want to take her."

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her;

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him; and if he stand to it and say, I like not to take her;

And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife:

then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house.

his brother's widow is to confront him in the presence of the elders, pull off his sandal, spit in his face, and announce, “This is what happens to the man who refuses to keep his brother's family name alive.”

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her”;

Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her,

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

and the elderly of his city have called for him, and spoken to him, and he has stood and said, I have no desire to take her.

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

The elders of the town will then summon him and talk with him. If he still refuses and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he shall stand to it , and say, I like not to take her,

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her”;

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her”;

and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;