1 Chronicles 11:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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!

More versions

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!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

1 Chronicles 11:17 Cross References

1 Chronicles 11:16

And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

1 Chronicles 11:18

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD,

Psalm 143:6

I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

Isaiah 12:3

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 4:14

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.