1 Paralipomenon 11:17
And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Desideravit igitur David, et dixit : O si quis daret mihi aquam de cisterna Bethlehem, quæ est in porta !
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπεθύμησεν Δαυεὶδ καὶ εἶπεν Τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου Βηθλέεμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- ויתאו דָּוִ֖יד וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִ֚י יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי מַ֔יִם מִבּ֥וֹר בֵּֽית לֶ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁעַר
Haydock's commentary
O that. Hebrew, "Who will." David wished to see his native country freed from the troops of the Philistines.
In. Hebrew, "by the gate."
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.