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.


In Context

9 Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. "Send everyone out of here," Amnon said. So everyone left him.

10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom.

11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me, my sister."

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.

13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you."

14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.

2nd Samuel 13:12 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:12She 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.

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.