সামুয়েল ২ 23:17

দায়ূদ বললেন, “হে প্রভু, এই জল আমি পান করতে পারি না| যদি আমি এই জল পান করি, তাহলে তা তাদের রক্ত পান করার মতই অন্যায কাজ হবে, যারা আমার জন্য জীবনের ঝুঁকি নিয়ে এই জল এনেছে|” এই কারণে দায়ূদ সেই জল পান করতে অস্বীকার করেন| এই তিন জন বীর এই রকম আরও অনেক সাহসিকতার পরিচয দিয়েছে|

KJV

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.

KJVP

And he said, H559 Be it far H2486 from me , O LORD, H3068 that I should do H4480 H6213 this: H2063 is not this the blood H1818 of the men H376 that went H1980 in jeopardy of their lives H5315 ? therefore he would H14 not H3808 drink H8354 it. These H428 things did H6213 these three H7969 mighty men. H1368

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.

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.

WEB

He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

ESV

and said, "Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

RV

And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: {cf15i 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.

RSV

and said, "Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink 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.

NLT

"The LORD forbid that I should drink this!" he exclaimed. "This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me." So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.

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.

ERVEN

David said, "Lord, I cannot drink this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives for me." This is why David refused to drink the water. The Three Heroes did many brave things like that.