1 Samuel 20:17 - Modern King James Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 Samuel 20:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant you have been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, more than the love of women.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for the time of trouble.

Proverbs 18:24

A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Do not fear to serve the Chaldeans. Live 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 like your own soul, lures 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 happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:3

And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.