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David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan

2 Samuel 1:19

In 11 translations

BSB
“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
KJV
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
WEB
“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
ASV
Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!
LSV
“The beauty of Israel || [Is] wounded on your high places; How the mighty have fallen!
YLT
'The Roebuck, O Israel, On thy high places [is] wounded; How have the mighty fallen!
DBY
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
DRC
The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen?
GNV
O noble Israel, hee is slane vpon thy hie places: how are the mightie ouerthrowen!
JPS
Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain! How are the mighty fallen!
LXXE
Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!The LXX. take הצבי as from כיצב, the A. V. from צבי.Two words here are used, as is often the case in the LXX. to express one. viz. τεθηκότων and τραυματτιῶν to express חלל.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הַצְּבִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַל־בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָ חָלָ֑ל אֵ֖יךְ נָפְל֥וּ גִבּוֹרִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Στήλωσον Ἰσραὴλ ὑπὲρ τῶν τεθνηκότων ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματιῶν· πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοί;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 1:27How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!”
  • 2 Samuel 1:25How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
  • Deuteronomy 4:7–8For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set…
  • Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  • 2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
  • 1 Samuel 31:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  • Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
  • Isaiah 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
  • Zechariah 11:10Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
  • Zechariah 11:7So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  • Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

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