Deuteronomy 25:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 25:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יֵשְׁב֨וּ
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
אַחִ֜ים
ʼâch
H251
brother
יַחְדָּ֗ו
yachad
H3162
together
וּמֵ֨ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
אַחַ֤ד
ʼechâd
H259
one
מֵהֶם֙
וּבֵ֣ן
bên
H1121
son
אֵֽין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
ל֔וֹ
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִהְיֶ֧ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
אֵֽשֶׁת
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
הַמֵּ֛ת
mûwth
H4191
to die
הַח֖וּצָה
chûwts
H2351
outside
לְאִ֣ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
זָ֑ר
zûwr
H2114
to be strange
יְבָמָהּ֙
yâbâm
H2993
brother-in-law
יָבֹ֣א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
עָלֶ֔יהָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
וּלְקָחָ֥הּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
ל֛וֹ
לְאִשָּׁ֖ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
וְיִבְּמָֽהּ
yâbam
H2992
to perform levirate marriage
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World English Bible Public Domain
If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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King James Version Public Domain
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If brothers live together and one of them dies, and he does not have a son, the wife of the dead man shall not be for a strange man from outside. Her brother-in-law shall go in to her and take her for himself as a wife, and her brother-in-law.
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