2 Samuel 13:14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:14 in other translations
| BSB | But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her. |
| DARBY | But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her. |
| BBE | But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her. |
| Webster | Howbeit, he would not hearken to her voice: but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. |
What does 2 Samuel 13:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 13:12-14
12-14. do not force me--The remonstrances and arguments of Tamar were so affecting and so strong, that had not Amnon been violently goaded on by the lustful passion of which he had become the slave, they must have prevailed with him to desist from his infamous purpose. In bidding him, however, "speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee," it is probable that she urged this as her last resource, saying…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:1-20
From henceforward David was followed with one trouble after another. Adultery and murder were David's sins, the like sins among his children were the beginnings of his punishment: he was too indulgent to his children. Thus David might trace the sins of his children to his own misconduct, which must have made the anguish of the chastisement worse. Let no one ever expect good treatment from those who are capable of…
2 Samuel 13:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:14
- 2 Samuel 12:11
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
- Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Judges 20:5
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
- Deuteronomy 22:25-27
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
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12:11; De 22:25-27; Jud 20:5; Es 7:8
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Context
- 2 Samuel 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? 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.
- 2 Samuel 13:14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
- 2 Samuel 13:15
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
2 Samuel 13:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas él no la quiso oir; antes pudiendo más que ella la forzó, y echóse con ella. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il ne voulut pas écouter sa voix, et il fut plus fort qu’elle et l’humilia et coucha avec elle. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er wollte aber nicht auf ihre Stimme hören; und er überwältigte sie und schwächte sie und beschlief sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Noluit autem acquiescere precibus ejus, sed prævalens viribus oppressit eam, et cubavit cum ea. |