1 Chronicles 11:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And David longingly said, Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ And then David desired and said, "O if only someone would give me water from the well of Bethlehem, which is at the gate!"

1 Chronicles 11:17 Cross References

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”

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.”

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

Psalm 63:1

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

1 Chronicles 11:16

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

1 Chronicles 11:18

Then the Three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and they brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?