Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
2 Samuel 1:19 - American Standard Version (1901) Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: How are the mighty fallen! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your glory, O Israel, is slain upon your high places. How have the mighty fallen! Common English Bible Oh, no, Israel! Your prince lies dead on your heights. Look how the mighty warriors have fallen! Catholic Public Domain Version The illustrious of Israel have been killed upon your mountains. How could the valiant have fallen? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: How are the valiant fallen? English Standard Version 2016 “Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! |
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.
In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.