2 Samuel 13:18
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
2 Samuel 13:18 in other translations
| BSB | So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore. |
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| WEB | She had a garment of various colors on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her. |
| ASV | And she had a garment of divers colors upon her; for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. |
| YLT | --and upon her is a long coat, for such upper robes do daughters of the king who are virgins put on, --and his servant taketh her out without, and hath bolted the door after her. |
| DARBY | Now she had a vest of many colours upon her; for so were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. And his attendant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. |
| BBE | Now she had on a long robe, such as in past times the king's virgin daughters were dressed in. Then the servant put her out, locking the door after her. |
| Webster | And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins appareled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. |
What does 2 Samuel 13:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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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 13:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 13:18
- Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
- Judges 5:30
Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
- Psalms 45:13-14
The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
- Genesis 37:32
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
- Genesis 37:23
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
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Context
- 2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:18
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
2 Samuel 13:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tenía ella sobre sí una ropa de colores, traje que las hijas vírgenes de los reyes vestían. Echóla pues fuera su criado, y cerró la puerta tras ella. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle avait sur elle une tunique bigarrée; car les filles du roi qui étaient vierges étaient ainsi habillées de robes. Et celui qui le servait la mit dehors, et ferma la porte après elle. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie trug aber ein langes Gewand; denn also waren die Töchter des Königs, die Jungfrauen, mit Gewändern bekleidet. Und sein Diener führte sie hinaus und verriegelte die Tür hinter ihr. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ induta erat talari tunica: hujuscemodi enim filiæ regis virgines vestibus utebantur. Ejecit itaque eam minister illius foras: clausitque fores post eam. |