2 Samuel 23:15
World English Bible (WEB)
David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
In context
13 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
14 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15 David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
16 The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
17 He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
2 Samuel 23:15 in every translation
- 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!”
- 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!
- 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!