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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וקראו לו זקני עירו ודברו אליו ועמד ואמר לא חפצתי לקחתה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vqrAv lv zqny `yrv vdbrv Alyv v`md vAmr lA KHpTSty lqKHth

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
statimque accersiri eum facient et interrogabunt si responderit nolo eam uxorem accipere

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stands to it, and says, I desire not to take her;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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;
Authorized (King James) Version   
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;
New King James Version   
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to take her,’
21st Century King James Version   
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him; and if he stand by it and say, ‘I like not to take her,’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
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;
Darby Bible Translation   
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;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’
God's Word   
Then the leaders of the city must summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying that he doesn't want to marry her,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, 'I don't want to marry her,'
International Standard Version   
Then the elders of the city are to summon him and speak with him. If he insists on saying, 'I don't want to marry her,'
NET Bible   
Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, "I don't want to marry her,"
New American Standard Bible   
"Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, 'I do not desire to take her,'
New International Version   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her,"
New Living Translation   
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,'
Webster's Bible Translation   
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,
The World English Bible   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand, and say, "I don't want to take her;"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then the town's leaders must call the man to come to them. They must talk to him. Perhaps he will continue to say, ‘I do not want to marry her!’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
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;
New Life Version   
Then the leaders of his city will call him and speak to him. If he still says, ‘I do not want to take her,’
The Voice Bible   
The elders of his city will send for him and try to persuade him. He may resist and say, “I don’t want to marry her!”
Living Bible   
The elders of the city will then summon him and talk it over with him, and if he still refuses,
New Catholic Bible   
Then the elders of the town will summon him and speak to him. If he continues to say, “I will not marry her,”
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he stands and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him, and if he stands and says, I desire not to take her;
Christian Standard Bible   
The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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,
New Century Version   
Then the elders of the town must call for the man and talk to him. But if he is stubborn and says, “I don’t want to marry her,”
The Message   
But if the brother doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she is to go to the leaders at the city gate and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel; he won’t agree to do the brother-in-law’s duty by me.” Then the leaders will call for the brother and confront him. If he stands there defiant and says, “I don’t want her,” his sister-in-law is to pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and say, “This is what happens to the man who refuses to build up the family of his brother—his name in Israel will be Family-No-Sandal.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Then the elders of his city are to call him and talk to him. If he stands firm and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, “I have no desire to marry her,”
Good News Translation®   
Then the town leaders are to summon him and speak to him. If he still refuses to marry her,
Wycliffe Bible   
And at once they shall make him to be called, and they shall ask him. If he answer, and say, I will not take her to wife (And If he answer, and say, I will not take her for a wife);
Contemporary English Version   
The leaders will call the living brother to the town gate and try to persuade him to marry the widow. But if he doesn't change his mind and marry her,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry her,’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry her’,
Common English Bible © 2011   
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,”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then the elders of his city will summon him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not want to marry her,’
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her’,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Thereupon the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists in saying, “I do not want to marry her,”
New American Standard Bible   
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’
The Expanded Bible   
Then the elders of the town must call for the man and talk to him. But if he ·is stubborn [L stands] and says, “I don’t want to marry her,”
Tree of Life Version   
Then the elders of his town are to summon him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, ‘I do not desire to take her,’
Revised Standard Version   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’
New International Reader's Version   
Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say, “I don’t want to marry her.”
BRG Bible   
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;
Complete Jewish Bible   
The leaders of his town are to summon him and speak to him. If, on appearing before them, he continues to say, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, ‘I have no desire to marry her’,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Then the zekenim of his town shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Names of God Bible   
Then the leaders of the city must summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying that he doesn’t want to marry her,
Modern English Version   
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him, and if he persists and says, “I do not want to take her,”
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then the leaders of the city must call the man and talk to him. If the man is stubborn and says, ‘I don’t want to take her,’
International Children’s Bible   
Then the elders of the town must call for the man and talk to him. But he might be stubborn and say, “I don’t want to marry her.”
Lexham English Bible   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and speak to him, and if he persists and says, ‘I do not desire to marry her’
New International Version - UK   
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, ‘I do not want to marry her,’