2 Samuel 23:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, to drink this. Is it not [the same as] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ “The LORD forbid that I should do that,” he said. “Isn’t this the blood of men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. These were the kinds of things the three warriors did.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ saying: "May the Lord be gracious to me, so that I may not do this. Should I drink the blood of these men who have set out to the peril of their own lives?" Therefore, he was not willing to drink. These things were accomplished by these three robust men.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Saying: The Lord be merciful to me, that I may not do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men that went, and the peril of their lives? Therefore he would not drink. These things did these three mighty men.

2 Samuel 23:17 Cross References

Genesis 44:17

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Genesis 9:4

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

2 Samuel 20:20

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

1 Kings 21:3

And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

1 Chronicles 11:19

and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

Psalm 72:14

He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious shall their blood be in his sight:

Leviticus 17:10

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Matthew 26:28

for this is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many unto remission of sins.

Mark 14:24

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is shed for many.

1 Corinthians 15:30

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

Judges 5:18

Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 26:11

The LORD forbid that I should put forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go.