Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 from the field when they having heard: and the men will be grieved, and it will be kindled to them exceedingly because he did folly in Israel, to lie with Jacob's daughter; and thus it shall not be done. 8 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. 9 And contract ye marriages with us; ye shall give your daughters to us, and ye shall take our daughters to you.
Cross References
Genesis 34:3
And his soul will cleave to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he will love the maiden, and he will speak to the heart of the maiden.
1 Kings 11:2
From the nations which Jehovah said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you: surely they will turn your heart after their gods: to these Solomon joined to love.
Psalm 63:1
Chanting to David in his being in the desert of Judah. O God thou art my God; I will seek thee: my soul thirsted for thee, my flesh longed for thee in a land of dryness, and thirsty without water.
Psalm 84:2
My soul longed after, and also failed for the enclosures of Jehovah: my heart and my flesh will rejoice for the living God.
Psalm 119:20
My soul was crushed for the desire to thy judgments in all time.