David Flees to Gath
1 Samuel 21:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
- KJV
- Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?is mad: or, playeth the mad man
- WEB
- Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
- ASV
- Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
- LSV
- And Achish says to his servants, “Behold, you see a man acting as a madman; why do you bring him to me?
- YLT
- And Achish saith unto his servants, 'Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?
- DBY
- And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me?
- DRC
- And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?
- GNV
- Then said Achish vnto his seruants, Lo, ye see the man is beside him selfe, wherefore haue ye brought him to me?
- JPS21:15
- Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?
- LXXE21:15
- And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man is mad: why have ye brought him in to me?Gr. or man epileptic.
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Original-language editions
- WLC21:15
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָכִ֖ישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הִנֵּ֤ה תִרְאוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ לָ֛מָּה תָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃KJV:1Sam.21.14
- LXX-Br21:15
- Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀγχοῦς πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, ἰδοὺ ἴδετε ἄνδρα ἐπίληπτον, ἱνατί εἰσηγάγετε αὐτὸν πρὸς μέ;
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👤 Achish◆ Reign of Saul
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- Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 21:15 in some Bibles
- 21:14 in most Bibles