KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
WEB World English Bible
I, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wilt 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I—whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou—thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 13
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought [them] into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought [them] unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12 And 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.
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.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
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.
16 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַאֲנִ֗יH589 · a.niIאָ֤נָהH575 · anwhere?אוֹלִיךְ֙H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֶרְפָּתִ֔יH2781 · cher.pahreproachוְאַתָּ֗הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)תִּהְיֶ֛הH1961 · ha.yahto beכְּאַחַ֥דH259 · e.chadoneהַנְּבָלִ֖יםH5036 · na.valfoolishבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְעַתָּה֙H6258 · at.tahnowדַּבֶּר־H1696 · da.varto speak: speakנָ֣אH4994 · napleaseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingכִּ֛יH3588 · kiforלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיִמְנָעֵ֖נִיH4513 · ma.nato withholdמִמֶּֽךָּ׃H4480 · minfrom
Cross-references
Judges 19:24Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.Genesis 20:12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.Genesis 19:8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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