Genesis 34:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 34:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּבְנֵ֨י
bên
H1121
son
יַעֲקֹ֜ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
בָּ֤אוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
מִן
min
H4480
from
הַשָּׂדֶה֙
sâdeh
H7704
field
כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם
shâmaʻ
H8085
to hear
וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙
ʻâtsab
H6087
to pain
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
וַיִּ֥חַר
chârâh
H2734
to be angry
לָהֶ֖ם
מְאֹ֑ד
mᵉʼôd
H3966
exceedingly
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
נְבָלָ֞ה
nᵉbâlâh
H5039
folly
עָשָׂ֣ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
לִשְׁכַּב֙
shâkab
H7901
to lie down
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
בַּֽת
bath
H1323
daughter
יַעֲקֹ֔ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
וְכֵ֖ן
kên
H3651
thus
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יֵעָשֶֽׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
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World English Bible Public Domain
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then the sons of Jacob came from the fields. When they heard, then the men were grieved and it burned within them greatly, because he had done something disgraceful to Israel by lying with the daughter of Jacob, and such a thing should not have been done!
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