1 Samuel 24:14

In 11 translations

BSB

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

KJV

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

WEB

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

ASV

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

LSV

After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog! After one flea!

YLT

'After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? — after a dead dog! after one flea!

DBY

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.

DRC24:15

After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

GNV24:15

After whom is the King of Israel come out? after whome doest thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

JPS24:15

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

LXXE24:15

And now after whom dost thou come forth, O king of Israel? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, and after a flea?

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Original-language editions

WLC24:15

אַחֲרֵ֨י מִ֤י יָצָא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַחֲרֵ֥י מִ֖י אַתָּ֣ה רֹדֵ֑ף אַֽחֲרֵי֙ כֶּ֣לֶב מֵ֔ת אַחֲרֵ֖י פַּרְעֹ֥שׁ אֶחָֽד׃KJV:1Sam.24.14

LXX-Br24:15

Καὶ νῦν ὀπίσω τίνος σὺ ἐκπορεύῃ βασιλεῦ Ἰσραήλ; ὀπίσω τίνος καταδιώκεις σύ; ὀπίσω κυνὸς τεθνηκότος, καὶ ὀπίσω ψύλλου ἑνός;

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• 1 Samuel 26:20So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
• 1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• 2 Samuel 9:8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
• Judges 8:1–3Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently. But Gideon answered them, “Now what have…
• 1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
• 2 Samuel 16:9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
• 2 Samuel 3:8Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have…
• 2 Samuel 6:20As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight…

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