Deuteronomy 25 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 25:10

And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Deuteronomy 25:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 25:10 in other translations

BSBAnd his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
WEBHis name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
ASVAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
YLTand his name hath been called in Israel--The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
DARBYAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe drawn off.
BBEAnd his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.
WebsterAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

What does Deuteronomy 25:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 25:5-10

5-10. the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother ... shall take her to him to wife--This usage existed before the age of Moses (Ge 38:8). But the Mosaic law rendered the custom obligatory (Mt 22:25) on younger brothers, or the nearest kinsman, to marry the widow (Ru 4:4), by associating the natural desire of perpetuating a brother's name with the preservation of property in…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5-12

The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.

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Deuteronomy 25:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנִקְרָ֥אve.nik.Ra'and it will be calledH7121
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname itsH8034
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478
בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
חֲל֥וּץcha.Lutz[the] [one] drawn off ofH2502
הַנָּֽעַל\׃\ \סha.Na.'althe sandalH5275

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Deuteronomy 25:9

    Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

  • Deuteronomy 25:10

    And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

  • Deuteronomy 25:11

    When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

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Deuteronomy 25:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y su nombre será llamado en Israel: La casa del descalzado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et son nom sera appelé en Israël la maison du déchaussé.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sein Name soll in Israel "Das Haus des Barfüßigen" heißen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et vocabitur nomen illius in Israël, Domus discalceati.