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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said forbid to/for_me Oh_YHWH before_do_I this_[thing] blood the_men the_went in/on/at/with_lives_their and_not he_was_willing to_drink_it these_[things] they_did the_three the_powerful/mighty(pl).
OET (OET-RV) saying, “Far be it for me, Yahweh, to drink this—the blood of the men who risked their lives.” So he wasn’t willing to drink it.
¶ Those were some of the things done by ‘The Three’ powerful warriors.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Should I drink the blood of men who have risked their lives?
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said forbid, to/for=me YHWH before,do,I this(f) ?,blood the,men the,went in/on/at/with,lives,their and=not would to,drink,it these they_had_acquired three the=powerful/mighty(pl) )
David compares the water to blood because the men risked their lives to bring the water to him. He uses a question to emphasize this. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “Drinking this water would be like drinking the blood of those men who have risked their lives to bring it to me.” (See also: figs-metaphor)
23:17 This water . . . these men: When David poured the hard-won water on the ground, it did not signal ingratitude. Rather, he regarded the water as equivalent to the warriors’ blood; it represented life that only God was worthy to receive (Lev 17:10-13; Deut 12:23-24).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said forbid to/for_me Oh_YHWH before_do_I this_[thing] blood the_men the_went in/on/at/with_lives_their and_not he_was_willing to_drink_it these_[things] they_did the_three the_powerful/mighty(pl).
OET (OET-RV) saying, “Far be it for me, Yahweh, to drink this—the blood of the men who risked their lives.” So he wasn’t willing to drink it.
¶ Those were some of the things done by ‘The Three’ powerful warriors.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.