Genesis 34:13 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

English ASV

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

English Amplified

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled and disgraced their sister Dinah.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled and disgraced their sister Dinah.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke because he had defiled Dinah their sister

English EASY 2024

Because of the wicked thing that Shechem had done to Dinah, Jacob's sons decided to deceive him. They deceived his father Hamor too.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Jacob's sons decided to lie to Shechem and his father because Shechem had done such a bad thing to their sister Dinah.

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Because Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah, Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor in a deceitful way.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But Dinah's brothers deceived Shechem and Hamor because of what Shechem had done to their sister.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

English KJV 1611

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

English LSB

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, and thus they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Jacob's sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because their sister Dinah had been defiled.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Their sister Dinah had been made "unclean." So Jacob's sons lied to Shechem and his father Hamor.

English NIV

Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

English NKJ 1982

But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

English NLT

But Dinah's brothers deceived Shechem and Hamor because of what Shechem had done to their sister.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The sons of Jacob concocted a devious plan. Because of the rape of their sister Dinah, they answered Shechem and Hamor deceitfully,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Her brothers then lied to Shechem and Hamor, acting dishonorably because of what Shechem had done to their sister.

English Tyndale 1537

Then the sons of Jacob answered to Sichem and Hemor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dina their sister.

Genesis 34:13 — Compare Translations