◄ 2 Samuel 13:16 ►
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Good News Translation
"No," she answered. "To send me away like this is a greater crime than what you just did!" But Amnon would not listen to her;

New Revised Standard Version
But she said to him, “No, my brother; for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me.” But he would not listen to her.

Contemporary English Version
She said, "Don't send me away! That would be worse than what you have already done." But Amnon would not listen.

New American Bible
She replied, “No, brother, because sending me away would be far worse than this evil thing you have done to me.” He would not listen to her,

Douay-Rheims Bible
She answered him: The evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She answered him: The evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her:

Context
Amnon and Tamar
…15Then Ammon hated her with an exceeding great hatred: so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Ammon said to her: Arise, and get thee gone. 16She answered him: The evil which now thou dost against me, in driving me away, is greater than that which thou didst before. And he would not hearken to her:17But calling the servants that ministered to him, he said: Thrust this woman out from me: and shut the door after her.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:15
Then Ammon hated her with an exceeding great hatred: so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her before. And Ammon said to her: Arise, and get thee gone.

2 Samuel 13:17
But calling the servants that ministered to him, he said: Thrust this woman out from me: and shut the door after her.

2 Samuel 13:15
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