2 Samuel 1:26 - Revised Standard Version I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. American Standard Version (1901) I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women. Common English Bible I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan! You were so dear to me! Your love was more amazing to me than the love of women. Catholic Public Domain Version I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan: exceedingly stately, and worthy to be loved above the love of women. As a mother loves her only son, so also did I love you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan: exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee. |
There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you; therefore take heed to yourself in the morning, stay in a secret place and hide yourself;
And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
And as soon as the lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times; and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David recovered himself.
And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose, and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God.