2 Samuel 1:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.”
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“How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.”
King James Version · Public Domain“How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon thy high places.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How have the mighty fallen In the midst of the battle! Jonathan! on thy high places wounded!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 1:25 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:18Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
- 1 Samuel 14:13So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
- 2 Samuel 1:19“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
- 2 Samuel 1:27How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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