அவன் தன் சகோதரனுடைய மனைவியை விவாகம்பண்ண மனதில்லாதிருந்தால், அவன் சகோதரனுடைய மனைவி வாசலில் கூடிய மூப்பரிடத்துக்குப்போய்: என் புருஷனுடைய சகோதரன் தன் சகோதரனுடைய பேரை இஸ்ரவேலில் நிலைக்கப்பண்ணமாட்டேன் என்கிறான்; புருஷனுடைய சகோதரன் செய்யவேண்டிய கடமையைச் செய்ய அவன் மனதில்லாதிருக்கிறான் என்று சொல்வாளாக.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
But if the man says he will not take his brother’s wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband’s brother will not keep his brother’s name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband’s brother to do.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
But if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel: he will not perform for me the duty of a husband’s brother.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
And if the man shall not like to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up to his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
World English Bible (WEB)
If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
`And if the man doth not delight to take his brother’s wife, then hath his brother’s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband’s brother;
Cross Reference
Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth 4:5
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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