17And 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!


In Context

14 And they stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance.

15 And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

16 And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

17 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!

18 And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

19 And he said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing! should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

1 Chronicles 11:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17David 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

11:17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And 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

11:17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17David 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

11:17and David longeth, and saith, 'Who doth give me to drink water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!