17David longed, and said, |Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!|


In Context

14 They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.

15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

16 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

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

18 The three 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 David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,

19 and said, |My God forbid it me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?| For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

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 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 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!