2 Samuel 23:15 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 Samuel 23:15 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥ה
ʼâvâh
H183
to desire
דָוִ֖ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מִ֚י
mîy
H4310
who
יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי
shâqâh
H8248
to water
מַ֔יִם
mayim
H4325
water
מִבֹּ֥אר
bôʼr
H877
cistern
בֵּֽית
Bêyth Lechem
H1035
Bethlehem
לֶ֖חֶם
Bêyth Lechem
H1035
Bethlehem
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
בַּשָּֽׁעַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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King James Version Public Domain
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And David desired, and he said, “Who will give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that at the gate?”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).