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


In Context

14 and they station themselves in the midst of the portion, and deliver it, and smite the Philistines, and Jehovah saveth — a great salvation.

15 And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the valley of Rephaim,

16 and David is then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines is then in Beth-Lehem,

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

18 And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

19 and saith, 'Far be it from me, by my God, to do this; the blood of these men do I drink with their lives? for with their lives they have brought it;' and he was not willing to drink it; these things did the three mighty ones.

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 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 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!