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2 Samuel 23:16

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

KJV

Irruperunt ergo tres fortes castra Philisthinorum, et hauserunt aquam de cisterna Bethlehem, quæ erat juxta portam, et attulerunt ad David : at ille noluit bibere, sed libavit eam Domino,

Vulgate

καὶ διέρρηξαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοὶ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βαιθλέεμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ, καὶ ἔλαβαν καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς Δαυείδ, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν πιεῖν αὐτό· καὶ ἔσπεισεν αὐτὸ τῷ κυρίῳ

LXX

And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

ASV

וַ/יִּבְקְעוּ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֜ים בְּ/מַחֲנֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַ/יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ מַ֨יִם֙ מִ/בֹּ֤אר בֵּֽית לֶ֨חֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּ/שַּׁ֔עַר וַ/יִּשְׂא֖וּ וַ/יָּבִ֣אוּ אֶל דָּוִ֑ד וְ/לֹ֤א אָבָה֙ לִ/שְׁתּוֹתָ֔/ם וַ/יַּסֵּ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖/ם לַֽ/יהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָבָ֖ה
'bh
verb · 54×
בֵּ֥ית
byt
proper_noun · 82×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בֹּ֥אר
b'r
noun · 4×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
הַסֵּ֥ךְ
hsk
verb · 25×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
תִּבָּקַ֥ע
tbq'
verb · 51×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Isra
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • Gen 35:14 — And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
  • Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
  • Num 28:7 — And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
  • Phil 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
  • Rom 5:7 — For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.