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


In Context

12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.

13 During harvest time, three of the thirty chief men came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

14 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

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

16 So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord .

17 "Far be it from me, O Lord , to do this!" he said. "Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?" And David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

2nd Samuel 23:15 in Other Translations

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 American Standard 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 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!