Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Hamor conversed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you, give her to him to wife.
New American Standard Bible
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him
King James Version
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Holman Bible
Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem is strongly attracted to your
International Standard Version
But Hamor said this: "My son is deeply attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
American Standard Version
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.
Amplified
But Hamor conferred with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem [deeply] longs for your daughter [and sister]. Please give her to him as his wife.
Bible in Basic English
But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?
Darby Translation
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.
Julia Smith Translation
And Hamor will speak with them, saying, The soul of Shechem my son, was attached with his soul to your daughter; now give her to him for a wife.
King James 2000
And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Hamor spoke with them saying, "Shechem my son {is in love with} your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.
Modern King James verseion
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife,
NET Bible
But Hamor made this appeal to them: "My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
New Heart English Bible
Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
The Emphasized Bible
So then Hamor spake with them saying - As for Shechem my son, his soul hath be-come attached to your daughter, - I pray you give her to him, to wife.
Webster
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife.
World English Bible
Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 34:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem
7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in laying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor conversed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you, give her to him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
Cross References
Genesis 34:3
And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
1 Kings 11:2
of the nations concerning which LORD said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods. Solomon clave to these in love.
Psalm 63:1
O God, thou are my God. I will earnestly seek thee. My soul thirsts for thee, my flesh longs for thee, in a dry and weary land, where is no water.
Psalm 84:2
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.
Psalm 119:20
My soul breaks for the longing that it has to thine ordinances at all times.