2 Samuel 13:16
14 But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
15 Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
17 Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
18 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
- KJV
- And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
- WEB
- She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.
- ASV
- And she said unto him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is [worse] than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
- DARBY
- And she said to him, There is no cause for this evil in sending me away, [which] is greater than the other that thou didst to me. But he would not hearken to her.
- BLB
- And she said to him, “No, because this [is] greater evil than the other that you did to me—sending me away.” And he would not listen to her.
- ÅB
- Da sa hun til ham: Vold meg ikke så stor en ulykke! Jag meg ikke bort! Det ville være verre enn det annet du har gjort meg. Men han ville ikke høre på henne.
- OTB
- Men hun sa til ham: "Nei, for denne uretten ved å sende meg bort er enda større enn det du allerede har gjort mot meg!" Likevel ville han ikke høre på henne.
- B1930
- Da sa hun til ham: Vold mig ikke så stor en ulykke! Jag mig ikke bort! Det vilde være verre enn det annet du har gjort mig. Men han vilde ikke høre på henne.