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OET (OET-RV) Then Yonatan and David made an agreement together, because Yonatan loved him as much as he loved himself.
OET-LV And_ Yōnātān _made and_Dāvid a_covenant in/on/at/with_loved_of_he DOM_him/it as_soul_of_his_own.
UHB וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִ֑ית בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ אֹת֖וֹ כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ ‡
(vayyikrot yəhōnātān vədāvid bərit bəʼahₐⱱātō ʼotō kənafshō.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX 1 SAM 18:3 verse available
BrTr No BrTr 1 SAM 18:3 verse available
ULT And Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.
UST Because he loved David as much as he loved himself, Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David that they would always be friends.
BSB Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
MSB (Same as above)
OEB Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life.
WEBBE Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.
LSV And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,
FBV Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David because he loved him as he loved himself.
T4T Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends.
LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available
BBE Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.
Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available
JPS Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
ASV Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
DRA And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
YLT And Jonathan maketh — also David — a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,
Drby And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
RV Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
SLT And Jonathan and David will cut out a covenant in his loving him as his soul.
Wbstr Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
KJB-1769 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
KJB-1611 Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant, because he loued him as his owne soule.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available
Gnva Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
(Then Yonathan and David made a covenant: for he loved him as his own soul. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available
ClVg Inierunt autem David et Jonathas fœdus: diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam.
(Inierunt however David and Yonathas covenant: diligebat because him as_if the_soul his_own. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available
18:3-4 Out of his love for David and recognition that God had chosen David to be Israel’s next king (see 20:13-17, 30-31; 23:17), Jonathan made a solemn pact of friendship with David. By giving David items that symbolized his official status as the king’s son and crown prince, Jonathan symbolically gave David his right of succession to the throne.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִ֑ית בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ אֹת֖וֹ כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ
and,made Yōnātān/(Jonathan) and,David covenant in/on/at/with,loved_of,he DOM=him/it as,soul_of,his_own
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [And because Jonathan loved David as he loved himself, he cut a covenant with him]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּכְרֹ֧ת & בְּרִ֑ית
and,made & covenant
See how you translated this expression in [11:1](../11/01.md). Alternate translation: [made a covenant]