2 Samuel 1:1 (ESV)

2 Samuel 1:26 - 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.

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Translations for 2 Samuel 1:26

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

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!

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.

You were such a friend to me.

Your love for me was more wondrous

than the love of women.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“I am^H6887 distressed^H6887 for you, my brother^H251 Jonathan^H3083;

You have been^H5276 [fn]a^H5276 close^H3966 friend^H5276 to me.

Your love^H160 for me was^H6381 more^H4480 wonderful^H6381

Than^H4480 the love^H160 of women^H802.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

“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.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“I am^H6887 distressed^H6887 for you, my brother^H251 Jonathan^H3083;

You have been^H5276 very^H3966 pleasant^H5276 to me.

Your love^H160 to me was^H6381 more^H4480 wonderful^H6381

Than^H4480 the love^H160 of women^H802.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been a good friend to me.

Your [fn]love toward me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been to me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

I am distressed for you, my brother Yonatan: Very pleasant have you been to me: Your love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

doleo super te frater mi Ionathan decore nimis et amabilis super amorem mulierum

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

لَشَدَّ مَا تَضَايَقْتُ عَلَيْكَ ياأَخِي يُونَاثَانُ. كُنْتَ عَزِيزاً جِدّاً عَلَيَّ، وَمَحَبَّتُكَ لِي كَانَتْ مَحَبَّةً عَجِيبَةً، أَرْوَعَ مِنْ مَحَبَّةِ النِّسَاءِ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

צַר־לִ֣י עָלֶ֗יךָ אָחִי֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן נָעַ֥מְתָּ לִּ֖י מְאֹ֑ד נִפְלְאַ֤תָה אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙ לִ֔י מֵאַהֲבַ֖ת נָשִֽׁים׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ἀλγῶ ἐπὶ σοί ἄδελφέ μου Ιωναθαν ὡραιώθης μοι σφόδρα ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ ἀγάπησίς σου ἐμοὶ ὑπὲρ ἀγάπησιν γυναικῶν

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

قَدْ تَضَايَقْتُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَخِي يُونَاثَانُ. كُنْتَ حُلْوًا لِي جِدًّا. مَحَبَّتُكَ لِي أَعْجَبُ مِنْ مَحَبَّةِ النِّسَاءِ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

I am grieved for thee, my brother Jonathan; thou wast very lovely to me; thy love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío Jonathán, que me fuiste muy dulce: más maravilloso me fué tu amor, que el amor de las mujeres.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío Jonatán, Que me fuiste muy dulce. Más maravilloso me fue tu amor Que el amor de las mujeres.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我兄約拿單哪、我為你悲傷．我甚喜悅你、你向我發的愛情奇妙非常、過於婦女的愛情。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

"Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío, Jonatán, que me fuiste muy querido. Más maravilloso fue para mí tu amor que el amor de las mujeres.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

내 형 요나단이여 내가 그대를 애통함은 그대는 내게 심히 아름다움이라 그대가 나를 사랑함이 기이하여 여인의 사랑보다 승하였도다

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Je suis dans la douleur à cause de toi, Jonathan, mon frère! Tu faisais tout mon plaisir; Ton amour pour moi était admirable, Au-dessus de l'amour des femmes.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Es ist mir Leid um dich, mein Bruder Jonathan: ich habe große Freude und Wonne an dir gehabt; deine Liebe ist mir sonderlicher gewesen, denn Frauenliebe ist.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Скорблю о тебе, брат мой Ионафан; ты был очень дорог для меня; любовь твоя была для меня превыше любви женской.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Angustia tengo por ti, hermano mío Jonatán, que me fuiste muy dulce; más maravilloso me fue tu amor, que el amor de las mujeres.

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