1 Samuel 20:17 - King James 2000

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ So Jonathan again made a pledge to David because he loved David as much as himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.

1 Samuel 20:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been unto me: your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 18:24

A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Deuteronomy 13:6

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, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.