2 Samuel 1:27

What does 2 Samuel 1:27 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 1:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

How have the mighty fallen, Yea, the weapons of war perish!'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons of war perished?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished!

Context

v.26I 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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Cross references

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

  • 2 Kings 2:12

    And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

  • 2 Samuel 1:19

    Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

  • 2 Samuel 1:25

    How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.

  • Psalms 46:9

    He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.

  • 2 Kings 13:14

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

  • Ezekiel 39:9

    And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;

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