I am distressed for you, my brother Yonatan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
1 Samuel 20:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yonatan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Yonatan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shafan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Kasdim: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Bavel, and it shall be well with you.
If 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 soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Sha'ul, that the soul of Yonatan was knit with the soul of David, and Yonatan loved him as his own soul.
Then Yonatan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.