1 Samuel 18:3
New International Version
And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

NASB 1977
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.

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Jonathan and David covenanted a covenant, because Jonathan loved David as himself

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Jonathan made a pledge of mutual loyalty with David because he loved him as much as [he loved] himself.

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

International Standard Version
Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as he loved himself.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.

Literal Standard Version
And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,

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

New American Bible
Jonathan and David made a covenant, because Jonathan loved him as his very self.

NET Bible
Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

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

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

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.

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

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Jonathan Befriends David
2And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. 3Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. 4And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?"

1 Samuel 20:41
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together--though David wept more.

1 Samuel 22:8
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today."

1 Samuel 23:18
So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

2 Samuel 21:7
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.


Treasury of Scripture

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

made a covenant

1 Samuel 20:8-17,42
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? …

1 Samuel 23:18
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

2 Samuel 9:1-3
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? …

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1 Samuel 18
1. Jonathan befriends David
5. Saul envies his praise
10. seeks to kill him in his fury
12. fears him for his good success
17. offers him his daughters for snare
23. David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law,
25. gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry
28. Saul's hatred and David's glory increase














(3) Made a covenant.--The son of the first Hebrew king recognised in David a kindred spirit. They were one in their God, in their faith, in their devotion to the Divine will. Jonathan recognised in the young shepherd, who unarmed went out alone to meet the mighty Philistine warrior, the same spirit of sublime faith in the Invisible King which had inspired him in days far back to go forth alone with his armour-bearer to attack and capture the Philistine stronghold, when he spoke those memorable words which enable us to understand the character of Jonathan: "It may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few" (1Samuel 14:6).

The great friendship, which has been the admiration of succeeding generations, began with the strong faith in the Eternal common to the two friends. Throughout its duration the link which united them was an intense desire to do the will of Him who, as true Hebrew patriots, they felt loved Israel; and when the friends parted for the last time in the wilderness of Ziph, we are told how the elder (Jonathan) strengthened the younger (David's) "hand in God" (1Samuel 23:16).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Jonathan
יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

made
וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת (way·yiḵ·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a covenant
בְּרִ֑ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with David
וְדָוִ֖ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

because he loved
בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ (bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 160: Love (noun)

him
אֹת֖וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

as himself.
כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (kə·nap̄·šōw)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


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