Verse 4

And he said to him, Why are you, being the king's son, becoming thin from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jonadab spurte Amnon: 'Hvorfor ser du så nedstemt ut hver eneste dag? Fortell meg hva som plager deg!' Amnon svarte: 'Jeg er forelsket i Tamar, min brors Absaloms søster.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han sa til ham: Hvorfor er du, som er kongens sønn, så mager dag etter dag? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det? Amnon sa til ham: Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• Norsk King James

  Og han sa til ham: "Hvorfor er du, som er kongens sønn, så nedstemt fra dag til dag? Vil du ikke fortelle meg?" Amnon svarte: "Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sa til ham: Hvorfor blir du så mager dag etter dag, du kongens sønn? Kan du ikke fortelle meg noe? Amnon sa til ham: Jeg elsker Tamar, søsteren til Absalom, min bror.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han sa til Amnon: "Hvorfor er du, kongens sønn, så nedtrykt hver morgen? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det?" Amnon svarte: "Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sa til Amnon: Hvorfor er du så nedtrykt dag etter dag, kongens sønn? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det? Amnon svarte: Jeg er forelsket i Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han spurte ham: «Hvorfor er du, som kongens sønn, så dyster dag for dag? Vil du ikke fortelle meg?» Og Amnon svarte: «Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han sa til Amnon: Hvorfor er du så nedtrykt dag etter dag, kongens sønn? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det? Amnon svarte: Jeg er forelsket i Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jonadab sa til ham: 'Hvorfor er du, kongens sønn, så nedtrykt morgen etter morgen? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det?' Amnon svarte ham: 'Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Jonadab asked him, 'Why are you, the king's son, so downcast morning after morning? Won't you tell me?' Amnon replied, 'I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2Samuel.13.4", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ מַדּ֣וּעַ אַ֠תָּה כָּ֣כָה דַּ֤ל בֶּן־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר הֲל֖וֹא תַּגִּ֣יד לִ֑י וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אַמְנ֔וֹן אֶת־תָּמָ֗ר אֲח֛וֹת אַבְשָׁלֹ֥ם אָחִ֖י אֲנִ֥י אֹהֵֽב׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to-him: why you thus *dal* son-of-the-king in-the-morning in-the-morning? *hălôʾ* you-will-tell to-me? And *wayyōʾmer* to-him *ʾAmnôn*: *ʾeṯ*-*Tāmār* sister-of *ʾAvšālôm* brother-my I *ʾōhēḇ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *ʾāmar* - and he said", "*dal*": "adjective masculine singular - thin/weak/low/poor", "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle - will not/is not", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*ʾōhēḇ*": "Qal participle masculine singular of *ʾāhēḇ* - loving/am loving" }, "variants": { "*dal*": "thin/weak/low/wasting away/gaunt", "*hălôʾ*": "will you not/will not/would not/should not", "*ʾōhēḇ*": "love/am loving/have fallen in love with" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han spurte Amnon: "Hvorfor er du, kongens sønn, så nedtrykt hver morgen? Fortell meg det." Amnon svarte: "Jeg er forelsket i Tamar, Absaloms søster."

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde til ham: Hvorfor bliver du saa mager, du Kongens Søn, Dag fra Dag? kan du ikke give mig det tilkjende? da sagde Amnon til ham: Jeg elsker Thamar, Absaloms, min Broders, Søster.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han sa til Amnon: Hvorfor er du så tynget dag etter dag, du som er kongens sønn? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det? Amnon svarte: Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han sa til ham: Hvorfor er du, konge sønn, så mager fra dag til dag? Vil du ikke fortelle meg? Amnon svarte: Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han spurte Amnon: 'Hvorfor er du så mager, konge sønn, dag etter dag? Kan du ikke fortelle meg hvorfor?' Amnon svarte: 'Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han sa til ham: Hvorfor, konge sønn, ser du så redusert ut dag etter dag? Vil du ikke fortelle meg det? Amnon svarte: Jeg elsker Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han sa til ham: "Å, kongesønn, hvorfor blir du tynnere dag for dag? Vil du ikke si hva som bekymrer deg?" Amnon svarte: "Jeg er forelsket i Tamar, min bror Absaloms søster."

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  which sayde vnto him: Why art thou so leane (thou kynges sonne) from daye to daye? Mayest thou not tell me? Then sayde Ammon vnto him: I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister exceadingly.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who sayde vnto him, Why art thou the Kings sonne so leane from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? Then Amnon answered him, I loue Tamar my brother Absaloms sister.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he said vnto him: How commeth it, that thou being the kinges sonne, art thus consumed from day to day? Wylt thou not tell me? Amnon aunswered him: I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said to him, Why, son of the king, are you thus lean from day to day? Won't you tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and saith to him, `Wherefore `art' thou thus lean, O king's son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?' And Amnon saith to him, `Tamar -- sister of Absalom my brother -- I am loving.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said to him, O son of the king, why are you getting thinner day by day? will you not say what your trouble is? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said to him, "Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won't you tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He asked Amnon,“Why are you, the king’s son, so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him,“I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”

Referenced Verses

• Esth 5:13-14 : 13 Yet all this profits me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
• Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
• Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore, they shall fall among those that fall: when I punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
• Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Lev 18:9 : 9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.
• Lev 20:17 : 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 their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
• 1 Kgs 21:7 : 7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.