12She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.


In Context

9 And taking what she had boiled, she poured it out, and set it before him, but he would not eat: and Amnon said: Put out all persons from me. And when they had put all persons out,

10 Amnon said to Thamar: Bring the mess into the chamber, that I may eat at thy hand. And Thamar took the little messes which she had made, and brought them in to her brother Amnon in the chamber.

11 And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister.

12 She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.

13 For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee.

14 But he would not hearken to her prayers, but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her.

2 Samuel 13:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:12"Don't, my brother!" she said to him. "Don't force me. Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don't do this wicked thing.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:12And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:12And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12She 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:12And she saith to him, 'Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:12And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly.