2 Samuel 23:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And David said longingly, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate!

American Standard Version (1901)

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

Common English Bible

David had a craving and said, “If only someone could give me a drink of water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then David desired, and he said, "If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the cistern, which is in Bethlehem beside the gate!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And 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!

2 Samuel 23:15 Cross References

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem),

2 Samuel 23:16

Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord,

1 Chronicles 11:17

And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”

Psalm 119:81

My soul languishes for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 7:37

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.