2 Samuel 1:26 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 1:26 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
צַר
tsârar
H6887
to bind
לִ֣י
עָלֶ֗יךָ
ʻal
H5921
upon
אָחִי֙
ʼâch
H251
brother
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
Yᵉhôwnâthân
H3083
Jonathan
נָעַ֥מְתָּ
nâʻêm
H5276
to be pleasant
לִּ֖י
מְאֹ֑ד
mᵉʼôd
H3966
exceedingly
נִפְלְאַ֤תָה
pâlâʼ
H6381
to be wonderful
אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙
ʼahăbâh
H160
love
לִ֔י
מֵאַהֲבַ֖ת
ʼahăbâh
H160
love
נָשִֽׁים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant have you been to me: Your love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.
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King James Version Public Domain
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
It is narrow to me concerning you, my brother Jonathan! You were very pleasant to me. Your love was more wonderful to me than the love of women.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).