2 Samuel 23:15
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
In context
13 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
15 David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
16 So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
17 saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23:15 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
- KJV King James Version
- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
- WEB World English Bible
- David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and David longeth and saith, 'Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!