Parallel Verses

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

American

Easton

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Amnon Assaults His Sister Tamar

11 When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come sleep with me, my sister!” 12 “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! 13 Where could I ever go with my disgrace? And you—you would be like one of the immoral men in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won’t keep me from you.”


Cross References

Leviticus 20:17

If a man marries his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.

Judges 19:23

The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, don’t do this evil, my brothers. After all, this man has come into my house. Don’t do this horrible thing.

Judges 20:6

Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout Israel’s territory, because they committed a horrible shame in Israel.

Genesis 34:7

Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident and were deeply grieved and angry. For Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter, and such a thing should not be done.

Leviticus 18:9

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

Leviticus 18:11

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by your father; she is your sister.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

Deuteronomy 22:29

the man who raped her must give the young woman’s father 50 silver shekels, and she must become his wife because he violated her. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

Proverbs 5:22-23

A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.

Proverbs 7:7

I saw among the inexperienced,
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

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