Deuteronomy 25:8 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

More versions

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;

Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, I do 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;

The city’s elders will summon him and talk to him about this. If he doesn’t budge, insisting, “I don’t want to marry her,”

And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, 'I am not willing to accept her as a wife,'