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?


In Context

12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was greatly 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 upon his beard.

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

15 Have 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?

1 Samuel 21:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Am 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?"

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 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?