2 Samuel 23:15 - Easy To Read Version David was thirsty {for some water from his hometown}. David said, “I wish someone could give me some water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem!” {David did not really want this, he was only talking.} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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! |
But the Three Heroes [153] fought their way through the Philistine army. These three men got some water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then the Three Heroes brought the water to David. But David refused to drink the water. He poured it on the ground as an offering to the Lord.
David was thirsty \{for some water from his home town\}. So he said, “I wish someone could give me some water from that well near the city gate in Bethlehem.” \{David did not really want this, he was only talking.\}
I am about to die\par waiting for you to save me.\par But I trust the things you say, Lord.\par
God, you are my God.\par And I want you so much.\par My soul and my body thirst for you,\par like a dry, weary land with no water.\par
“The poor and needy people look for water,\par but they can’t find any.\par They are thirsty.\par Their tongues are very dry.\par I will answer their prayers.\par I will not leave them and let them die.\par
“I will pour water for thirsty people. I will make streams flow on dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your children—it will be like a stream of water flowing over your family.
Jesus answered, “You don’t know about the thing God gives. And you don’t know who I am that asked you for a drink. If you knew these things, you would have asked me and I would have given you living water.”
But the person that drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. That water I give will become like a spring of water flowing inside that person. That water will bring that person life forever.”
The last day of the festival came. It was the most important day. On that day Jesus stood and said with a loud voice, “If a person is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.