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


In Context

14 But these men stood in the midst of the field, and defended it: and they slew the Philistines, and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his people.

15 And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.

16 And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.

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

18 And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord,

19 Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water. And therefore he would not drink. These things did the three most valiant.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17And 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!

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!