2 Samuel 1:17

Literal Standard Version

And David laments with this lamentation over Saul, and over his son Jonathan;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Hebrew Names Version
David lamented with this lamentation over Sha'ul and over Yonatan his son

King James Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Lexham English Bible
Then David sang this funeral song over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

English Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

New Century Version
David sang a funeral song about Saul and his son Jonathan,

New English Translation
Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

Amplified Bible
Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan,

New American Standard Bible
Then David sang this song of mourning over Saul and his son Jonathan,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David chanted with this funeral lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

Contemporary English Version
David sang a song in memory of Saul and Jonathan,

Complete Jewish Bible
Then David pronounced this lament over Sha'ul and over Y'honatan his son,

Darby Translation
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

Easy-to-Read Version
David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.

George Lamsa Translation
And David lamented with this song of mourning over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Good News Translation
David sang this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Literal Translation
And David sang this death-dirge over Saul, and over his son Jonathan;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Ionathas his sonne,

American Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

Bible in Basic English
Then David made this song of grief for Saul and Jonathan, his son:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul and ouer Ionathan his sonne,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid lamented with this lamentation ouer Saul, and ouer Ionathan his sonne:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

English Revised Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

Berean Standard Bible
Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsooth Dauid biweilide sych a weilyng on Saul, and on Jonathas, his sone;

Young's Literal Translation
And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

Update Bible Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son:

World English Bible
David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

New King James Version
Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son,

New Living Translation
Then David composed a funeral song for Saul and Jonathan,

New Life Bible
Then David sang a song of sorrow for Saul and his son Jonathan.

New Revised Standard
David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then chanted David this dirge, - over Saul and over Jonathan his son;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son.

Revised Standard Version
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,

THE MESSAGE
Then David sang this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan, and gave orders that everyone in Judah learn it by heart. Yes, it's even inscribed in The Book of Jashar.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷And David laments with this lamentation over Saul, and over his son Jonathan;¹⁸and he says to teach the sons of Judah "The Bow"; behold, it is written on the Scroll of the Upright: ¹⁹"The beauty of Israel || [Is] wounded on your high places; How the mighty have fallen! ²⁰Do not declare [it] in Gath, || Do not proclaim the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, || Lest they rejoice—The daughters of the Philistines, || Lest they exult—The daughters of the uncircumcised! ²¹Mountains of Gilboa! No dew nor rain be on you, || And fields of raised-offerings! For there has become loathsome || The shield of the mighty, || The shield of Saul—without the anointed with oil. ²²From the blood of the wounded, || From the fat of the mighty, || The bow of Jonathan || Has not turned backward; And the sword of Saul does not return empty. ²³Saul and Jonathan! They are loved and pleasant in their lives, || And in their death they have not been parted. They have been lighter than eagles, || They have been mightier than lions! ²⁴Daughters of Israel! Weep for Saul, || Who is clothing you [in] scarlet with delights. Who is lifting up ornaments of gold on your clothing. ²⁵How the mighty have fallen || In the midst of the battle! Jonathan [was] wounded on your high places! ²⁶I am in distress for you, my brother Jonathan, || You were very pleasant to me; Your love was wonderful to me, || Above the love of women!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

lamented: 2 Samuel 1:19, Genesis 50:11, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Jeremiah 9:17-21

Reciprocal: Genesis 23:2 - mourn Genesis 50:10 - seven days Psalms 35:14 - I behaved Psalms 59:10 - let Psalms 141:6 - When their judges Ezekiel 32:16 - General Micah 2:4 - and lament

Cross-References

Genesis 9:13
My bow I have given in the cloud, and it has been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

Job 38:12
Have you commanded morning since your days? Do you cause the dawn to know its place?

Psalms 8:1
TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, || How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, || Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

Psalms 8:3
For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, || [The] moon and stars that You established.

Acts 13:47
for so the LORD has commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations—for your being for salvation to the end of the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words lamented and lamentation must be understood in the technical sense of a funeral dirge or mournful elegy. (See similar dirges in 2 Samuel 3:33-34; and 2 Chronicles 35:25.) This and the brief stanza on the death of Abner are the only specimens preserved to us of David’s secular poetry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 1:17. David lamented — See this lamentation, and the notes on it at the end of this chapter. 2 Samuel 1:21.