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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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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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  • 21:15 in some Bibles
  • 21:14 in most Bibles

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