2 Samuel 23:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ 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!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

2 Samuel 23:16

And the three mighty men 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 he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

1 Chronicles 11:17

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!

Psalm 119:81

My soul fainteth for thy salvation: But I hope in thy word.

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 41:17

The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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.

John 7:37

Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.