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2 Samuel 13:4

And he said to him, “Why are you so sullen every morning,b O son of the king? Will you not tell me?” And Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”

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2 Samuel 13:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And he said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

2 Samuel 13:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?”

So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, becoming thinner day after day? Will you not tell me?”

Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

He asked Amnon, “Son of the king, why do you look so sad day after day? Tell me what’s wrong!”

Amnon told him, “I love Tamar, the sister of my half-brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

2 Samuel 13:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he said to him, Why dost thou, the king’s son, get thinner from morning to morning? Wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

2 Samuel 13:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so worn out morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” 

“I’m in love with Absalom’s sister Tamar,” he answered. 

2 Samuel 13:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king’s son, so miserable every morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon replied, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He asked Amnon, “You are the king’s son, aren’t you? So why do you look so worn out every morning? Won’t you tell me?”

Amnon answered, “I’m in love with Tamar. She’s the sister of my brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 13:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

He said to him, “O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Then Amnon said to him, “I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”


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