2 Samuel 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.
KJV
dicens : Propitius sit mihi Dominus, ne faciam hoc : num sanguinem hominum istorum qui profecti sunt, et animarum periculum bibam ? Noluit ergo bibere. Hæc fecerunt tres robustissimi.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἵλεώς μοι, Κύριε, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο· εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν πίομαι; καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν πιεῖν αὐτό. ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָ/ה֩ לִּ֨/י יְהוָ֜ה מֵ/עֲשֹׂ֣תִ/י זֹ֗את הֲ/דַ֤ם הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁים֙ הַ/הֹלְכִ֣ים בְּ/נַפְשׁוֹתָ֔/ם וְ/לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִ/שְׁתּוֹתָ֑/ם אֵ֣לֶּה עָשׂ֔וּ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַ/גִּבֹּרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 11:19 — And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore
- Lev 17:10 — And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will c