1 Samuel 18:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
1 Samuel 18:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 18:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 18:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”
1 Samuel 18:3 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 18:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. ”
1 Samuel 18:3 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 18:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jonathan maketh--also David--a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,”
1 Samuel 18:3 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 18:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. ”
1 Samuel 18:3 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 18:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.”
1 Samuel 18:3 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 18:3 in Context — 1 Samuel 18
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
What Does 1 Samuel 18:3 Mean?
1 Samuel 18:3 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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