2 Samuel 23:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ And he said, “Far be it from me, O יהוה, to do this – the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives!” So he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.

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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

But he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your father.”

Genesis 9:4

“But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood.

2 Samuel 20:20

And Yo’aḇ answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me to swallow up or to destroy!

1 Kings 21:3

And Naḇoth said to Aḥaḇ, “Far be it from me, by יהוה, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

1 Chronicles 11:19

And he said, “Far be it from me, O my Elohim, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who have risked their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” And he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.

Psalm 72:14

He redeems their life from oppression and from violence; And their blood is precious in His eyes.

Leviticus 17:10

‘And any man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn among you, who eats any blood, I shall set My face against that being who eats blood, and shall cut him off from among his people.

Matthew 26:28

“For this is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:24

And He said to them, “This is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many.

1 Corinthians 15:30

And why do we stand in danger every hour?

Judges 5:18

“Zeḇulun is a people who risked their lives to the point of death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the field.

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl declares, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now יהוה declares, ‘Far be it from Me, for those who highly esteem Me I highly esteem, and those who despise Me are lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 26:11

far be it from me, by יהוה, that I stretch out my hand against the anointed of יהוה. And now, please take the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”