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.
2 Samuel 9:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Sha'ul, that I may show him kindness for Yonatan's sake? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND DAVID said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan's sake? American Standard Version (1901) And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? Common English Bible David asked, “Is there anyone from Saul’s family still alive that I could show faithful love for Jonathan’s sake?” Catholic Public Domain Version And David said, "Do you think that there could be anyone left from the house of Saul, so that I might show mercy to him because of Jonathan?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David said: Is there any one, think you, left of the house of Saul, that I may shew kindness to him for Jonathan's sake? |
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.
But the king spared Mefivoshet, the son of Yonatan the son of Sha'ul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Yonatan the son of Sha'ul.
David said to him, *Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Yonatan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Sha'ul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.*
But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gil`adite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Avshalom your brother.
Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a talmid, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.*
*The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Messiah's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
Yonatan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, the LORD shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever. He arose and departed: and Yonatan went into the city.