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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.
OET-LV And_he/it_said forbid to/for_me Oh_YHWH before_do_I this_thing blood_of the_men the_went in/on/at/with_lives_of_their and_not he_was_willing to_drink_it these_things they_did the_three_of the_powerful/mighty(pl).
UHB וַיֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי זֹ֗את הֲדַ֤ם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ הַהֹלְכִ֣ים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם אֵ֣לֶּה עָשׂ֔וּ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃ס ‡
(vayyoʼmer ḩālīlāh liy yhwh mēˊₐsotiy zoʼt hₐdam hāʼₐnāshīm haholkim bənafshōtām vəloʼ ʼāⱱāh lishəttōtām ʼēlleh ˊāsū shəloshet haggiborim.§)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν, ἵλεώς μοι Κύριε τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν πίομαι· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτό. Ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί.
(Kai eipen, hileōs moi Kurie tou poiaʸsai touto, ei haima tōn andrōn tōn poreuthentōn en tais psuⱪais autōn piomai; kai ouk aʸthelaʸse piein auto. Tauta epoiaʸsan hoi treis dunatoi. )
BrTr And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, [fn]that I should drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
23:17 Gr. if.
ULT And he said, “Far be it for me, Yahweh, from my doing this—the blood of the men who went with their lives.” And he was not willing to drink it.
¶ These things the three mighty men did.
UST He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like drinking the blood of these men who were willing to die for me!” So he refused to drink it.
¶ That was one of the things that those three great warriors did.
BSB saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is [this not] the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
MSB (Same as above)
OEB And he said, ‘Jehovah forbid that I should do this. It is the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
WEBBE He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
LSV and says, “Far be it from me, O YHWH, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?” And he was not willing to drink it; the three mighty ones did these [things].
FBV “Lord, never let me do this!” he said. “Isn't it like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives?” So he did not drink it. This is just some of the things the Three leading warriors did.
T4T He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like [RHQ] drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it.
¶ That was one of the things that those three great warriors did.
LEB No LEB 2 SAM book available
BBE And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
Moff No Moff 2 SAM book available
JPS And he said: 'Be it far from me, O LORD, 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 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.
DRA Saying: The Lord be merciful to me, that I may not do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that went, and the peril of their lives? therefore he would not drink. These things did these three mighty men.
YLT and saith, 'Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?' and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones.
Drby And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
RV And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, 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.
(And he said, Be it far from me, Oh LORD, 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. )
SLT And he will say, Far be it to me, O Jehovah, my doing this the blood of the men going with their souls: and he would not drink them. These did the three mighty.
Wbstr 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.
KJB-1769 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.
(And he said, Be it far from me, Oh 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. )
KJB-1611 And he said, Be it farre from me, O LORD, that I should doe this: is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? therefore he would not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps 2 SAM book available
Gnva And said, O Lord, be it farre from me, that I should doe this. Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? therefore he woulde not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.
(And said, Oh Lord, be it far from me, 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. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 2 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 2 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 2 SAM book available
ClVg 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.
(saying: Propitius let_it_be to_me Master, not I_will_do hoc: num blood of_men to_thisrum who set_out are, and animarum periculum bibam? Noluit therefore to_drink. This they_did three most_robust. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 2 SAM book available
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).
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_of the,men the,went in/on/at/with,lives_of,their and=not would to,drink,it these they_had_acquired three_of 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)