2 Samuel 1:17
What does 2 Samuel 1:17 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 1:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
KJV
King James Version · 1611And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
- 2 Samuel 1:19
Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Genesis 50:11
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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