Genesis 34:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
And Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife."

New Living Translation
He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”

English Standard Version
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.”

Berean Study Bible
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

New American Standard Bible
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

NASB 1995
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife."

NASB 1977
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”

Amplified Bible
So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Get me this girl as a wife,” he told his father.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Get me this girl as a wife," he told his father Hamor.

Contemporary English Version
Shechem even asked his father to arrange for him to marry her.

Good News Translation
He told his father, "I want you to get Dinah for me as my wife."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for my wife."

International Standard Version
Then Shechem told his father Hamor, "Get this young woman for me to be my wife."

NET Bible
Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Acquire this young girl as my wife."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

New King James Version
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

King James 2000 Bible
And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for my wife.

New Heart English Bible
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."

World English Bible
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

American King James Version
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

American Standard Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

A Faithful Version
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this girl for a wife."

Darby Bible Translation
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.

English Revised Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, saying: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
and spake to his father Hemor: Get me this mayden to wife.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and spake vnto his father Hemor saynge gett me this mayde vnto my wyfe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a wife.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Shechem will say to Hamor his father, saying, Take to me this maid for a wife.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, “Obtain this girl for me as a mate.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Shekeem said to Khamor his father, “Take for me this girl as a wife.”

Lamsa Bible
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this girl to wife.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.
















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