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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.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אָבָ֖ה
'bh
verb · 54×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
ה
h
pronoun · 21×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

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