15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!


In Context

12 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great victory.

13 And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

14 And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

15 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!

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: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this:'shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:15David longed for water and said, "Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:15And David longed, and said: O that some man would get me a drink of the water out of the cistern, that is in Bethlehem, by the gate.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15And 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!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:15And David longed and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem which is by the gate!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15And 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!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15David longed, and said, |Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:15and David longeth and saith, 'Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!