I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
Proverbs 18:24 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: And there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. American Standard Version (1901) He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Common English Bible There are persons for companionship, but then there are friends who are more loyal than family. Catholic Public Domain Version A man amiable to society shall be more friendly than a brother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. English Standard Version 2016 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.