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2 Samuel 13:12

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.

KJV

Quæ respondit ei : Noli frater mi, noli opprimere me : neque enim hoc fas est in Israël : noli facere stultitiam hanc.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μή, ἀδελφέ μου, μὴ ταπεινώσῃς με, διότι οὐ ποιηθήσεται οὕτως ἐν Ἰσραήλ· μὴ ποιήσῃς τὴν ἀφροσύνην ταύτην.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ אַל אָחִ/י֙ אַל תְּעַנֵּ֔/נִי כִּ֛י לֹא יֵֽעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַֽל תַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה אֶת הַ/נְּבָלָ֥ה הַ/זֹּֽאת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְבָלָ֖ה
nblh
noun · 13×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:33 — And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
  • Deut 22:21 — Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in
  • Gen 34:7 — And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing o
  • Jas 3:10 — Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
  • Judg 19:23 — And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
  • Judg 19:23 — And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
  • Judg 20:6 — And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
  • Lev 18:9 — The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
  • Lev 18:11 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
  • Lev 20:17 — And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of t