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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וירא אתה שכם בן חמור החוי--נשיא הארץ ויקח אתה וישכב אתה ויענה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyrA Ath SHkm bn KHmvr hKHvy--nSHyA hArTS vyqKH Ath vySHkb Ath vy`nh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quam cum vidisset Sychem filius Emor Evei princeps terrae illius adamavit et rapuit et dormivit cum illa vi opprimens virginem

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
New King James Version   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
21st Century King James Version   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and defiled her.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Darby Bible Translation   
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.
God's Word   
When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her.
International Standard Version   
When Hamor the Hivite's son Shechem, the regional leader, saw her, he grabbed her and raped her, humiliating her.
NET Bible   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
New American Standard Bible   
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
New International Version   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.
New Living Translation   
But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
The World English Bible   
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Hamor the Hivite ruled that region. When his son, Shechem, saw Dinah, he took hold of her. Dinah could not get free and Shechem had sex with her.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
New Life Version   
And she was seen by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land. He took her and made her lay with him, and she was put to shame.
The Voice Bible   
But when Shechem (son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region) saw Dinah, he grabbed her and raped her.
Living Bible   
but when Shechem, son of King Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
New Catholic Bible   
When Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and laid with her and defiled her.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her and defiled her.
Christian Standard Bible   
When Shechem—son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain—saw her, he took her and raped her.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, and disgraced her.
New Century Version   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he took her and forced her to have sexual relations with him.
The Message   
One day Dinah, the daughter Leah had given Jacob, went to visit some of the women in that country. Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was chieftain there, saw her and raped her. Then he felt a strong attraction to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, fell in love with her, and wooed her. Shechem went to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl for my wife.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the chief of that part of the land, saw her and took her, lay down with her, and humiliated her.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
Good News Translation®   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.
Wycliffe Bible   
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor (the) Hivite, the prince of that land, had seen her, he loved her, and he ravished her, and (he) slept with her, and oppressed the virgin by violence (and he oppressed the virgin with violence).
Contemporary English Version   
She was seen by Hamor's son Shechem, the leader of the Hivites, and he grabbed her and raped her.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
Common English Bible © 2011   
When Shechem the son of the Hivite Hamor and the country’s prince saw her, he took her, slept with her, and humiliated her.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince (sheik) of the land, saw her, he kidnapped her and lay [intimately] with her by force [humbling and offending her].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
New American Standard Bible   
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her.
The Expanded Bible   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite [C one of the tribes that inhabited Canaan], the ·ruler [prince] of the land, saw her, he took her and ·forced her to have sexual relations with him [lay with her and humiliated/violated her].
Tree of Life Version   
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her.
Revised Standard Version   
and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.
New International Reader's Version   
Hamor, the Hivite, was the ruler of that area. When his son Shechem saw Dinah, he took her and raped her.
BRG Bible   
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Complete Jewish Bible   
and Sh’khem the son of Hamor the Hivi, the local ruler, saw her, grabbed her, raped her and humiliated her.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And when Shechem Ben Chamor the Chivvi (Hivite), Nasi HaAretz, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and violated her.
Names of God Bible   
When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
Modern English Version   
When Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and defiled her.
Easy-to-Read Version   
She was seen by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area. Shechem took Dinah and raped her.
International Children’s Bible   
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that land, saw Dinah. He took her and raped  her.
Lexham English Bible   
And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her and lay with her and raped her.
New International Version - UK   
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.