15Am 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?"


In Context

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 21:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the mad man in my presence? shall this [fellow] come into my house?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this man come into my house?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Do I lack mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15Have I need of mad-men, that ye have brought this man to play the mad-man in my presence? shall this man come into my house?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15A lack of madmen have I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Have 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?