Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 20:17

1 Samuel chapter 20 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

v.17This passage

v.18Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 18:3

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

  • 1 Samuel 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.

  • Deuteronomy 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, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

  • Proverbs 18:24

    He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.