David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink ¹  from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

biblegateway 1Ch 11:17

David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"

David was extremely thirsty and said, "If only someone would bring me water from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem!"

David was thirsty and said, "I wish I could have a drink of water from the cistern at the city gate of Bethlehem."

biblegateway 1Ch 11:17

David longed for water and said, "Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!"

And David said longingly, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"

bibleoremus 1Ch 11:17

David said longingly, "O that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"

One day David exclaimed with longing, “If only I could have a drink of water from the well by the gate at Bethlehem!”

biblegateway 1Ch 11:17

And David said with longing, "Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate!

biblegateway 1Ch 11:17

David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink ¹  from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

¹ tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.