However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
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However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
But he was not willing to listen to her voice. And he was stronger than she, and he humbled her, and he lay with her.
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However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce, but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her.
But he would not hearken to her prayers, but being stronger overpowered her and lay with her.
And he hath not been willing to hearken to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbleth her, and lieth with her.
And he has not been willing to listen to her voice, and is stronger than she, and humbles her, and lies with her.
However Amnon would not listen to her. Since he was stronger than Tamar, he seized her and he slept with her.
But he was not willing to listen to her voice. And he was stronger than she, and he humbled her, and he lay with her.
But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her.
However, he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
Howbeit, he would not hearken to her voice: but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
But Amnon wouldn't listen to her, and because he was stronger than she was, he raped her.
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.
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
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אָבָ֖ה to be willing H14 occurs in 52 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 20 words from the Hebrew and 20 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.
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Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלָ֑הּ וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק מִמֶּ֨נָּה֙ וַיְעַנֶּ֔הָ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב אֹתָֽהּ
However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί οὐ θέλω αμνων ὁ ἀκούω ὁ φωνή αὐτός καί κραταιόω ὑπέρ αὐτός καί ταπεινόω αὐτός καί κοιμάω μετά αὐτός
But Amnon would not listen to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
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וְלָא אֲבָא לְקַבָּלָא מִנָהּ וּתְקֵיף מִנָהּ וְעַנְיָהּ וּשְׁכִיב עִמָהּ:
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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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2 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼâbâh (“to be willing”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on 2 Samuel 13:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
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John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.