Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?"
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
Holman Bible
“If not,” Absalom said, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.”
The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”
International Standard Version
So Absalom responded, "If you aren't coming, please allow my brother Amnon to accompany us." The king asked, "Why should he go with you?"
A Conservative Version
Then Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
American Standard Version
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
Amplified
Then Absalom said, “If not, then at least let my brother
Bible in Basic English
Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you?
Darby Translation
And Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
Julia Smith Translation
And Absalom will say, And shall not Amnon my brother now go with us? And the king will say to him, Wherefore shall he go with thee?
King James 2000
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Absalom said, "But [will you] not let Amnon my brother go with us?" And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"
Modern King James verseion
Then Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us? And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?
NET Bible
Then Absalom said, "If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us." The king replied to him, "Why should he go with you?"
New Heart English Bible
Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Absolom, If not, then, I pray thee, let Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said unto him, Wherefore should he go with thee?
Webster
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
World English Bible
Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"
Youngs Literal Translation
And Absalom saith, 'If not -- let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, 'Why doth he go with thee?'
Themes
Deception » Instances of » By absalom » When he avenged his sister
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Absalom
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 13:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absalom Has Amnon Put To Death
25 And the king said unto Absalom, "Oh nay my son let us not go every one of us that we be not chargeable unto thee." And Absalom lay sore upon him: howbeit, he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?" 27 But Absalom made such insistence that he let Amnon go with him, and all the king's children.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 11:13-15
And David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at even he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of the lord, and went not down to his house.
2 Samuel 20:9
And Joab said to Amasa, "Are all things in rest and peace my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the chin with the right hand, as though he would have kissed him.
Psalm 55:21
Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.