“西缅和利未是弟兄；他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。

西缅和利未是兄弟；他们的刀剑是残暴的兵器。

西缅和利未是兄弟；他们的刀剑是残暴的兵器。

“西缅和利未串通一气，依仗刀剑，残暴不仁。

西缅和利未是兄弟；他们的刀剑是强暴的武器。

西缅和利未是兄弟，他们的刀剑是残暴的武器。

西緬和利未是弟兄；他們的刀劍是殘忍的器具。

西緬和利未是兄弟；他們的刀劍是殘暴的兵器。

西緬和利未是兄弟；他們的刀劍是殘暴的兵器。

「西緬和利未串通一氣，依仗刀劍，殘暴不仁。

西緬和利未是兄弟；他們的刀劍是強暴的武器。

西緬和利未是弟兄；他們的刀劍是強暴之器械。

西緬和利未是兄弟，他們的刀劍是殘暴的武器。

西緬利未、乃兄弟也、所用之刃、是為兇器、

西面利未兄弟也、詭詞約人、而行殘忍。

西緬利未、兄弟相同、彼之刀劍、殘賊之器、

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords are weapons of violence.

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords have killed a lot of people.

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

“ Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers; Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.

Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.

Simeon and Levi[ are] brethren; instruments of cruelty[ are in] their habitations.

Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!

“ Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“ You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”But they replied,“ Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?” (niv)

She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said,“ Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said,“ Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi. (niv)

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. (niv)

The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. (niv)