14Then said Achish to his servants, See, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me?


In Context

11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

14 Then said Achish to his servants, See, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me?

15 Have I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

1 Samuel 21:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Achish said to his servants, "Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me?

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore [then] have ye brought him to me?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:14And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14Then said Achish to his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: why then have ye brought him to me?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14Then Achish said to his servants, |Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:14And Achish saith unto his servants, 'Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?