1 Samuel 20:17

WEB

¹⁷Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

KJV

¹⁷And Jonathan^[+] caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

BSB

¹⁷And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

FBV

¹⁷^[+] Jonathan made David swear this once more by making an oath based on David's love for him, for Jonathan already loved David as he loved himself.

Extra References

Proverbs 18:24

²⁴A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

1 Samuel 18:3

³Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

1 Samuel 18:1

¹When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

2 Samuel 1:26

²⁶I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.

⁶If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;