Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
New American Standard Bible
Jacob’s sons came upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.
King James Version
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Holman Bible
Jacob’s other sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.
International Standard Version
Jacob's other sons came along afterward and plundered the city where their sister had been defiled,
American Standard Version
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Amplified
Then Jacob’s [other] sons came upon those who were killed and looted the town, because their sister had been defiled and disgraced.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;
Darby Translation
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Julia Smith Translation
The sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and they will plunder the city, because they defiled their sister.
King James 2000
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The [other] sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Modern King James verseion
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came the sons of Jacob upon the deed, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister:
NET Bible
Jacob's sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated.
New Heart English Bible
Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
The Emphasized Bible
The sons of Jacob, came in upon the slain and plundered the city, - because they had defiled their sister:
Webster
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city; because they had defiled their sister.
World English Bible
Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;
Themes
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 34:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem
26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Names
Cross References
Genesis 34:2
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Genesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Do thou think to kill me, as thou killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
Joshua 7:1
But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in what was set apart. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took from what was set apart, and the anger of LORD was kindled against the
Joshua 7:13
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow. For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, There is what has been set apart in the midst of thee, O Israel. Thou cannot stand before thine enemies until ye take aw
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylon mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent
Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they did not lay their hand on the spoil.
Esther 9:16
And the other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them. But they did not lay their hand
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.