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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.

KJV

Quæ induta erat talari tunica : hujuscemodi enim filiæ regis virgines vestibus utebantur. Ejecit itaque eam minister illius foras : clausitque fores post eam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἦν χιτὼν καρπωτός, ὅτι οὕτως ἐνεδιδύσκοντο αἱ θυγατέρες τοῦ βασιλέως αἱ παρθένοι τοὺς ἐπενδύτας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτὴν ὁ λειτουργὸς αὐτοῦ ἔξω καὶ ἀπέκλεισεν τὴν θύραν ὀπίσω αὐτῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ כְּתֹ֣נֶת פַּסִּ֔ים כִּי֩ כֵ֨ן תִּלְבַּ֧שְׁןָ בְנוֹת הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ הַ/בְּתוּלֹ֖ת מְעִילִ֑ים וַ/יֹּצֵ֨א אוֹתָ֤/הּ מְשָֽׁרְת/וֹ֙ הַ/ח֔וּץ וְ/נָעַ֥ל הַ/דֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
דַּלְת֣וֹת
dltvt
noun · 89×
ה
h
noun · 164×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
verb · 97×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כְּתֹ֣נֶת
ktnt
noun · 29×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 110×
מְעִ֥יל
m'yl
noun · 28×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נָע֖וּל
n'vl
verb · 8×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פַּסִּ֔ים
psym
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 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.
  • Judg 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 si