2 Samuel 23:15
King James Version (KJV)
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!
In context
13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
15 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!
16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23:15 in every translation
- 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!”
- 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!”
- 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!