2 Samuel 1:26 - Tree of Life Version

²⁶ I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan! Very pleasing were you to me. Wonderful was your love to me more than the love of women.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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)

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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.

2 Samuel 1:26 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:27

How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war destroyed!

Proverbs 18:24

A man with many friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Samuel 19:2

So Jonathan informed David saying, “My father Saul is seeking to kill you. So now, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.

1 Samuel 20:17

Jonathan made David swear again because of the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved himself.

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as the lad was gone, David emerged from the south side and fell on his face to the ground and bowed down three times. Then they kissed each other and wept together, though David wept more.

1 Samuel 23:16

Then Saul’s son Jonathan arose and went to David at Choresh and strengthened him in God.