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Amnon and Tamar

2 Samuel 13:14

In 11 translations

BSB
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
KJV
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
WEB
However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
ASV
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
LSV
And he has not been willing to listen to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbles her, and lies with her.
YLT
And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her.
DBY
But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her.
DRC
But he would not hearken to her prayers, but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her.
GNV
Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce, but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her.
JPS
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
LXXE
But Amnon would not hearken to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלָ֑הּ וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִמֶּ֨נָּה֙ וַיְעַנֶּ֔הָ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב אֹתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ἀμνὼν τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐκραταίωσεν ὑπὲρ αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτήν, καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετʼ αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
  • Judges 20:5And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
  • Esther 7:8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As…
  • Deuteronomy 22:25–27But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die. Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy…

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