Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
New American Standard Bible
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will
King James Version
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Holman Bible
Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”
International Standard Version
Shouldn't all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us? So, let's give our consent to them, and then they'll live with us."
A Conservative Version
Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
American Standard Version
Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Amplified
Will not their cattle and their possessions and all their animals be ours [if we do this]? Let us consent [to do as they ask], and they will live here with us.”
Bible in Basic English
Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.
Julia Smith Translation
Their cattle and their possession and all their quadrupeds, shall they not be to us? only we will consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
King James 2000
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals [be] ours? Only let us give consent to them so they will live among us."
Modern King James verseion
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Their goods and their substance and all their cattle are ours, only let us consent unto them, that they may dwell with us."
NET Bible
If we do so, won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let's consent to their demand, so they will live among us."
New Heart English Bible
Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
The Emphasized Bible
Their herds and their substance, and all their beasts, shall they, not be, ours? Only, we must consent to them, that they may dwell with us.
Webster
Will not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
World English Bible
Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
Youngs Literal Translation
their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'
Themes
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Interlinear
Miqneh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 34:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem
22 But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised. 23 Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised all that went out at the gate of his city.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 1:12-13
let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Proverbs 23:4-5
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
John 2:16
and said to the sellers of doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
John 6:26-27
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.
Acts 19:24-26
For a certain man by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But piety with contentment is great gain.