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


In Context

11 But the servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the land? Isn't he the one they sing about in their dances: " 'Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands'?"

12 David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.

13 So he pretended to be insane in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.

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

15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?"

1st Samuel 21:14 in Other Translations

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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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