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2 Samuel 1:26

26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

greatly beloved were you to me;

your love to me was wonderful,

passing the love of women.

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2 Samuel 1:26 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;

you were very dear to me.

Your love for me was wonderful,

more wonderful than that of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — English Standard Version (ESV)

26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

very pleasant have you been to me;

your love to me was extraordinary,

surpassing the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

2 Samuel 1:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan!

Oh, how much I loved you!

And your love for me was deep,

deeper than the love of women!

2 Samuel 1:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been very pleasant to me;

Your love to me was wonderful,

Surpassing the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 I cry for you, my brother Jonathan.

I enjoyed your friendship so much.

Your love to me was wonderful,

better than the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

2 Samuel 1:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women’s love.

2 Samuel 1:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 I am heartbroken over you, my brother Jonathan. 

You were my great delight. 

Your love was more wonderful to me than the love of women. 

2 Samuel 1:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.

You were such a friend to me.

Your love for me was more wonderful

than the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 I am distressed over you, my brother Jonathan.

you were very dear to me;

your love was more wonderful to me than the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 My brother Jonathan, I’m filled with sadness because of you.

You were very special to me.

Your love for me was wonderful.

It was more wonderful than the love of women.

2 Samuel 1:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 “I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been very pleasant to me.

Your love to me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.


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