1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
KJV
Et addidit Jonathas dejerare David, eo quod diligeret illum : sicut enim animam suam, ita diligebat eum.
Vulgate
καὶ προσέθετο ἔτι Ἰωναθὰν ὀμόσαι τῷ Δαυείδ, ὅτι ἠγάπησεν ψυχὴν ἀγαπῶντος αὐτόν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יּ֤וֹסֶף יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ לְ/הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אֶת דָּוִ֔ד בְּ/אַהֲבָת֖/וֹ אֹת֑/וֹ כִּֽי אַהֲבַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖/וֹ אֲהֵבֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַהֲבָ֖ה
'hbh
verb · 40×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
yhvntn
proper_noun · 80×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 18:1 — 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.
- 1Sam 18:1 — 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.
- 1Sam 18:3 — Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 2Sam 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.
- 2Sam 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.
- 2Sam 21:7 — 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.
- Deut 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, w
- Prov 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Prov 18:24 — A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.