Genesis 34:19 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁹ And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was honored above all his family [so, ranking first, he acted first].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The young man didn’t waste any time doing this because he liked Jacob’s daughter so much. He was more respected than anyone else in his father’s household.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father's house.

Genesis 34:19 Cross References

1 Chronicles 4:9

And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

Acts 17:12

Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

Isaiah 62:4

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Heph´zibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

2 Kings 5:1

Now Na´aman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.

1 Samuel 22:14

Then Ahim´elech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son-in-law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house?

Numbers 22:15

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.

Genesis 41:20

and the lean and the ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Genesis 29:20

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Genesis 34:18

And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem Hamor's son.

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,