And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 34:8 - King James 2000 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter [and sister]. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. Common English Bible Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem’s heart is set on your daughter. Please let him marry her. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Hamor spoke to them: "The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Hemor spoke to them; The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter; give her him to wife: |
And his soul clung unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
And make marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clung unto these in love.
As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for the reward of his work:
My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
But to the land to which they desire to return, there shall they not return.