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2 Samuel 13:11
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KJ21
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.”
ASV
And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
AMP
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
AMPC
And when she brought them to him, he took hold of her and said, Come lie with me, my sister.
BRG
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.
CSB
When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come sleep with me, my sister!”
CSBA
When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, ‘Come and sleep with me, my sister! ’
CEB
When she served him the food, he grabbed her and said, “Come have sex with me, my sister.”
CJB
But when she brought them near, so that he could eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”
CEV
But as she was taking it over to him, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me!”
DARBY
And she presented them to him to eat; and he took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
DRA
And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister.
ERV
She started to feed Amnon, but he grabbed her hand. He said to her, “Sister, come and sleep with me.”
EASY
But when she offered the cakes to him, he took hold of her. He said to her, ‘Come here, my sister! Come into bed with me.’
EHV
She brought it to him so he could eat. He grabbed her and said to her, “Come, lie down with me, my sister.”
ESV
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
ESVUK
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
EXB
She went to him so he could eat from her hands, but Amnon grabbed her. He said, “Sister, come and ·have sexual relations [L lie] with me.”
GNV
And when she had set them before him to eat, he took her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
GW
When she handed it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, Tamar!”
GNT
As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me!”
HCSB
When she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come sleep with me, my sister!”
ICB
She went to him so he could eat from her hands. But Amnon grabbed her. He said, “Sister, come and have physical relations with me.”
ISV
But as soon as she brought them near him to eat, he overpowered her and told her, “Come here and have sex with me, my sister!”
JUB
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.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
Then she brought them near to him to eat, but he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
LEB
When she brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”
TLB
But as she was standing there before him, he grabbed her and demanded, “Come to bed with me, my darling.”
MSG
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house. She took dough, kneaded it, formed it into dumplings, and cooked them while he watched from his bed. But when she took the cooking pot and served him, he wouldn’t eat. Amnon said, “Clear everyone out of the house,” and they all cleared out. Then he said to Tamar, “Bring the food into my bedroom, where we can eat in privacy.” She took the nourishing dumplings she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. But when she got ready to feed him, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, sister!”
MEV
When she brought them close for him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
NOG
When she handed it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, Tamar!”
NABRE
But when she brought them close to him so he could eat, he seized her and said to her, “Come! Lie with me, my sister!”
NASB
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep with me, my sister.”
NASB1995
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
NCB
However, when she offered them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said: “Come to bed with me, my sister.”
NCV
She went to him so he could eat from her hands, but Amnon grabbed her. He said, “Sister, come and have sexual relations with me.”
NET
As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!”
NIRV
She took it to him so he could eat it. But he grabbed her. He said, “My sister, come to bed with me.”
NIV
But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”
NIVUK
But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, ‘Come to bed with me, my sister.’
NKJV
Now when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
NLV
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
NLT
But as she was feeding him, he grabbed her and demanded, “Come to bed with me, my darling sister.”
NRSVA
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, ‘Come, lie with me, my sister.’
NRSVACE
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, ‘Come, lie with me, my sister.’
NRSVCE
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
NRSVUE
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
OJB
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my achot.
RGT
And when she had set them before him to eat, he took her and said to her, “Come. Lie with me, my sister.”
RSV
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
RSVCE
But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister.”
TLV
But when she brought them close to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come lie with me, my sister.”
VOICE
Amnon (to Tamar): Bring the food over to my bed, so you can feed me. When Tamar brought to him the food she had made as he lay in bed, he grabbed her. Amnon: Oh, my sister! Come into my bed; I want to be with you.
WEB
When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”
WYC
And when she had proffered the meat to him, he took her, and said, Come thou, my sister, lie thou with me. (And when she offered him the food, he took hold of her, and said, Come thou, my sister, lie thou with me/sleep with me.)
YLT
and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, `Come, lie with me, my sister.'
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