Deuteronomy 25:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 blotted out of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the firstborn son shall succeed to the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

The brother-in-law will name the oldest male son that she bears after his dead brother so that his brother’s legacy will not be forgotten in Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother's name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name: that his name be not abolished out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:6 Cross References

Genesis 38:8

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Psalm 109:13

Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Psalm 9:5

Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Deuteronomy 21:19

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

Deuteronomy 29:20

the LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 9:14

let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.