1 Chronicles 11:17 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁷ And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!”

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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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 11:16

David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:18

Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord,

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. Selah

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”