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?'


In Context

12 and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation.

13 And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim,

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

15 and David longeth and saith, 'Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate?'

16 And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which is by the gate, and take it up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

17 and saith, 'Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?' and he was not willing to drink it; these things did the three mighty ones.

2 Samuel 23:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:15David 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

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 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!