Parallel Verses
Jubilee 2000 Bible
And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not commit 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.
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 force and humble me, for no such thing should be done in Israel! Do not do this foolhardy, scandalous 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.
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » Amnon
Deception » Instances of » Amnon deceives tamar by feigning sickness
Lasciviousness » Instances of » Amnon
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Word Count of 21 Translations in 2 Samuel 13:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Amnon Assaults His Sister Tamar
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not commit this folly. 13 And I, where shall I go with my reproach? And as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now, therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king, for he will not withhold me from thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be killed in the sight of the sons of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them and said unto them, No, my brethren, I pray you, do not do this evil, seeing that this man has entered into my house; do not commit this folly.
Judges 20:6
Then I took my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the possession of Israel, for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Genesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
Leviticus 18:9
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father or daughter of thy mother, whether she is born at home or born abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Leviticus 18:11
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Genesis 34:2
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.
Deuteronomy 22:29
then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Proverbs 5:22-23
His own iniquities shall take hold of the wicked, and he shall be imprisoned with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 7:7
and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,