1 Samuel 18:3

Bishop's Bible

Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenaunt, because he loued him as his owne soule.

Parallel Translations

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

New Living Translation
And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.

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

New Century Version
Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved David as much as himself.

New English Translation
Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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

Amplified Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

English Standard Version
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Jonathas and Dauid maden boond of pees, `that is, swerynge euerlastynge frenschip; for Jonathas louyde Dauid as his owne soule;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

Contemporary English Version
Jonathan liked David so much that they promised to always be loyal friends.

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

Bible in Basic English
Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

Complete Jewish Bible
Y'honatan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as he did himself.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Jonathan loved David as much as himself, so they made a special agreement.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

King James Version (1611)
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant, because he loued him as his owne soule.

New Life Bible
Then Jonathan made an agreement with David, because he loved him as himself.

New Revised Standard
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because Jonathan loved David as his own soul.

Good News Translation
Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jonathan and David solemnised a covenant, - because he loved him as his own soul.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for he loved him as his own soul.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Christian Standard Bible®
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as much as himself.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Yonatan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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

Lexham English Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Literal Translation
And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ionathas and Dauid made a couenaunt together, for he loued him as his owne soule.

THE MESSAGE
Jonathan, out of his deep love for David, made a covenant with him. He formalized it with solemn gifts: his own royal robe and weapons—armor, sword, bow, and belt.

New American Standard Bible
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.

Contextual Overview

¹ And whe he had made an end of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathan loued him as his owne soule. ² And Saul toke him that daye, and woulde let him go no more home to his fathers house. ³ Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenaunt, because he loued him as his owne soule. ⁴ And Ionathan put of the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it to Dauid, and thereto his garmentes, euen to his sword, and to his bowe, and to his gyrdel. ⁵ And Dauid went out whythersoeuer Saul sent him, and behaued him selfe wysely: And Saul set hym ouer his men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, & in the sight of Sauls seruauntes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made a covenant: 1 Samuel 20:8-17, 1 Samuel 20:42, 1 Samuel 23:18, 2 Samuel 9:1-3, 2 Samuel 21:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:27 - made Genesis 21:32 - General Deuteronomy 13:6 - which is 1 Samuel 18:1 - loved him 1 Samuel 20:16 - made 1 Samuel 20:17 - for he loved 1 Samuel 20:41 - David exceeded 1 Samuel 22:8 - that my son 2 Kings 11:4 - made a covenant 1 Chronicles 12:17 - heart 2 Chronicles 23:1 - covenant with him Proverbs 17:17 - General Philippians 2:20 - likeminded

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,.... A covenant of friendship; entered into a solemn agreement to keep up and maintain a cordial respect to each other, and to support each other's interest both in life and after death, whoever was the survivor; and in consequence of this David had a friend at court, when Saul fell out with him, and who pleaded his cause, and discovered his father's plots, and was the means of preserving David's life:

because he loved him as his own soul; so that this covenant was not founded in mere words, but in sincere and cordial affection, and was lasting and inviolable.