Susanna 1:22

22 Susanna groaned. "I'm trapped! If I do this, it's death; but if I don't, I still won't escape your plotting.^[a]

Susanna 1:22 In-Context

20 They said, "Look, the gates are locked, and nobody can see us. We desire you, so do what we want and have sex with us.

21 If you don't, we'll swear that you were meeting with a young man, and that's why you sent your female servants away."

22 Susanna groaned. "I'm trapped! If I do this, it's death; but if I don't, I still won't escape your plotting.

23 But I'd rather not do this and fall into your hands, than sin in the Lord's sight."

24 So Susanna screamed, and at the same time the two elders called out.

Footnotes

• [a] Or hands