2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ NET ]
23:17. and said, "O LORD, I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going." So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ NLT ]
23:17. "The LORD forbid that I should drink this!" he exclaimed. "This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me." So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ ASV ]
23:17. 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.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ ESV ]
23:17. and said, "Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ KJV ]
23:17. 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.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ RSV ]
23:17. and said, "Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ RV ]
23:17. And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: {cf15i 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.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ YLT ]
23:17. and saith, `Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?` and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ ERVEN ]
23:17. David said, "Lord, I cannot drink this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives for me." This is why David refused to drink the water. The Three Heroes did many brave things like that.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ WEB ]
23:17. He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23 : 17 [ KJVP ]
23:17. And he said, H559 Be it far H2486 from me , O LORD, H3068 that I should do H4480 H6213 this: H2063 [is] [not] [this] the blood H1818 of the men H376 that went H1980 in jeopardy of their lives H5315 ? therefore he would H14 not H3808 drink H8354 it. These H428 things did H6213 these three H7969 mighty men. H1368

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