“I am distressed for you, my brother Yehonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wondrous, Surpassing the love of women.
1 Samuel 20:17 - The Scriptures 1998 And Yehonathan again made Dawiḏ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Jonathan caused David to swear again by his love for him, for Jonathan loved him as he loved his own life. American Standard Version (1901) And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Common English Bible So Jonathan again made a pledge to David because he loved David as much as himself. Catholic Public Domain Version And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jonathan swore again to David, because he loved him: for he loved him as his own soul. |
“I am distressed for you, my brother Yehonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wondrous, Surpassing the love of women.
A man of many friends might come to ruin, But there is a Loving One Who sticks closer than a brother!
“When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,
And it came to be, when he had ended speaking to Sha’ul, that the being of Yehonathan was knit to the being of Dawiḏ