2 Samuel 1:17

THE MESSAGE

Then David sang this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan, and gave orders that everyone in Judah learn it by heart. Yes, it's even inscribed in The Book of Jashar.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Hebrew Names Version
David lamented with this lamentation over Sha'ul and over Yonatan his son

King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Lexham English Bible
Then David sang this funeral song over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

English Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

New Century Version
David sang a funeral song about Saul and his son Jonathan,

New English Translation
Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

Amplified Bible
Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan,

New American Standard Bible
Then David sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David chanted with this funeral lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

Contemporary English Version
David sang a song in memory of Saul and Jonathan,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then David pronounced this lament over Sha'ul and over Y'honatan his son,

Darby Translation
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

Easy-to-Read Version
David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.

George Lamsa Translation
And David lamented with this song of mourning over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Good News Translation
David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Literal Translation
And David sang this death-dirge over Saul, and over his son Jonathan;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Ionathas his sonne,

American Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Bible in Basic English
Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid lamented with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

English Revised Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Berean Standard Bible
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsooth Dauid biweilide sych a weilyng on Saul, and on Jonathas, his sone;

Young's Literal Translation
And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

Update Bible Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son:

World English Bible
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

New King James Version
Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

New Living Translation
Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,

New Life Bible
Then David sang a song of sorrow for Saul and his son Jonathan.

New Revised Standard
David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then chanted David this dirge, - over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

Revised Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷Then David sang this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan, and gave orders that everyone in Judah learn it by heart. Yes, it's even inscribed in The Book of Jashar. ¹⁹Oh, oh, Gazelles of Israel, struck down on your hills, the mighty warriors—fallen, fallen! Don't announce it in the city of Gath, don't post the news in the streets of Ashkelon. Don't give those coarse Philistine girls one more excuse for a drunken party! No more dew or rain for you, hills of Gilboa, and not a drop from springs and wells, For there the warriors' shields were dragged through the mud, Saul's shield left there to rot. ²² Jonathan's bow was bold— the bigger they were the harder they fell. Saul's sword was fearless— once out of the scabbard, nothing could stop it. ²³ Saul and Jonathan—beloved, beautiful! Together in life, together in death. Swifter than plummeting eagles, stronger than proud lions. ²⁴Women of Israel, weep for Saul. He dressed you in finest cottons and silks, spared no expense in making you elegant. The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen in the middle of the fight! Jonathan—struck down on your hills! ²⁶ O my dear brother Jonathan, I'm crushed by your death. Your friendship was a miracle-wonder, love far exceeding anything I've known— or ever hope to know. ²⁷ The mighty warriors—fallen, fallen. And the arms of war broken to bits.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lamented: 2 Samuel 1:19, Genesis 50:11, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 9:17-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - mourn Genesis 50:10 - seven days Psalms 35:14 - I behaved Psalms 59:10 - let Psalms 141:6 - When their judges Ezekiel 32:16 - General Micah 2:4 - and lament

Cross-References

Job 38:12
"And have you ever ordered Morning, ‘Get up!' told Dawn, ‘Get to work!' So you could seize Earth like a blanket and shake out the wicked like cockroaches? As the sun brings everything to light, brings out all the colors and shapes, The cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked— they're caught in the very act!

Psalms 8:1

A David Psalm

God , brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.

Psalms 8:3
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See similar dirges in 2 Samuel 3:33-34; and 2 Chronicles 35:25.) This and the brief stanza on the death of Abner are the only specimens preserved to us of David’s secular poetry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 1:17. David lamented — See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter. 2 Samuel 1:21.