1 Samuel 18:3
King James Version (KJV)
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
In context
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.
1 Samuel 18:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jonathan maketh — also David — a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.