Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And in their death they were not parted;
King James Version
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Holman Bible
loved and delightful,
they were not parted in life or in death.
They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
International Standard Version
Saul and Jonathan, loved and handsome in life, in death were not separated. Swifter than eagles they were, and more valiant than lions.
A Conservative Version
Saul and Jonathan, men who were loved and pleasant, undivided; comely in their lives, and undivided in their death; swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
American Standard Version
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
Amplified
“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely and friends in their lives,
And in their death they were not separated;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.
Bible in Basic English
Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Darby Translation
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Julia Smith Translation
Saul and Jonathan beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not separated: they were swift above eagles, they were strong above lions.
King James 2000
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Saul and Jonathan [were] beloved and pleasant in their lives and [were] not separated in their death. They [were] swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Modern King James verseion
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Saul and Jonathan lovely and pleasant in their lives, were in their deaths not divided; men swifter than Eagles and stronger than Lions.
NET Bible
Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
New Heart English Bible
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
The Emphasized Bible
Saul and Jonathan, delightfully loving in their lives, even, in their death, were not divided, - Beyond eagles, were they swift, beyond lions, were they strong!
Webster
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
World English Bible
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
Youngs Literal Translation
Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they have not been parted. Than eagles they have been lighter, Than lions they have been mightier!
Themes
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
David » King of israel » Lamentation over saul
Eagles » Eagles, a type of swiftness
Elegy » David's, on saul and jonathan
Friendship » Instances of » David and jonathan
Jonathan » Son of saul » Mourned by david
Lions » Illustrative » Of brave men
Mourning » David's lamentations over » The death of saul and his sons
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 1:23
Verse Info
Cross References
Judges 14:18
So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?”
You would not have found out my riddle.”
Jeremiah 4:13
And his
His horses are
Woe to us, for
Deuteronomy 28:49
“
1 Samuel 18:1
Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that
1 Samuel 20:2
He said to him, “Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small
1 Samuel 31:1-5
2 Samuel 2:18
Now
2 Samuel 23:20
Then
1 Chronicles 12:8
From the Gadites there
Job 9:26
Like an
Proverbs 30:30
And does not
Lamentations 4:19
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.