Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And she saith to him, 'Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.

New American Standard Bible

But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!

King James Version

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

Holman Bible

“Don’t, my brother!” she cried. “Don’t humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Don’t do this horrible thing!

International Standard Version

"No, my brother!" she kept telling him. "Don't humiliate me like this! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this utterly foolish thing!

A Conservative Version

And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do thou this folly.

American Standard Version

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

Amplified

She replied, “No, my brother! Do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!

Bible in Basic English

And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

Darby Translation

And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.

Julia Smith Translation

And she will say to him, No, my brother, thou shalt not humble me; for so it shall not be done in Israel: thou shalt not do this folly.

King James 2000

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then Tamar said to him, "No, my brother! Do not force me, for such a thing has not been done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

Modern King James verseion

And she answered him, No, my brother, do not humble me. For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do this folly.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And she answered him, "Nay, my brother, do not force me, for it ought not to be so in Israel. Do not this folly.

NET Bible

But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing!

New Heart English Bible

She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me. For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do this folly.

The Emphasized Bible

But she said to him - Nay! my brother, do not force me, for it should not be done so in Israel, - do not commit this vileness.

Webster

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

World English Bible

She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
him, Nay, my brother
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

do not force
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 83

in Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

References

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Easton

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Amnon Assaults His Sister Tamar

11 and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, 'Come, lie with me, my sister.' 12 And she saith to him, 'Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly. 13 And I -- whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou -- thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.'


Cross References

Leviticus 20:17

'And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.

Judges 19:23

And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, 'Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;

Judges 20:6

and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

Genesis 34:7

and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

Leviticus 18:9

'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

Leviticus 18:11

The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Genesis 34:2

and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

Deuteronomy 22:29

then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.

Proverbs 5:22-23

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

Proverbs 7:7

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

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