Genesis 34:31
What does Genesis 34:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 34:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?
Context
v.30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
- Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
- Genesis 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
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