KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 1:26
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
WEB World English Bible
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 1
23 Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with [other] delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, [thou wast] slain in thine high places.
26 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.
27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
צַר־H6887 · tsa.rarto confineלִ֣יH9030 · nimeעָלֶ֗יךָH5921 · aluponאָחִי֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingיְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןH3083 · ye.ho.na.tanJonathanנָעַ֥מְתָּH5276 · na.embe pleasantלִּ֖יH9030 · nimeמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchנִפְלְאַ֤תָהH6381 · pa.lato wonderאַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙H160 · a.ha.vahloveלִ֔יH9030 · nimeמֵאַהֲבַ֖תH160 · a.ha.vahloveנָשִֽׁים׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.1 Samuel 20:41[And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.1 Samuel 18:1-4And 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.1 Samuel 19:2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret [place], and hide thyself:1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
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