1 Samuel 21:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then said Achish to his servants, You see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

“Can’t you see he’s crazy?” Achish asked his servants. “Why bring him to me?

Catholic Public Domain Version

And Achish said to his servants: "You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad. Why have you brought him to me?

1 Samuel 21:14 Cross References

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes the wise foolish, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

1 Samuel 21:13

So he changed his behavior before them; he pretended to be mad when in their presence. He scratched marks on the doors of the gate and let his spittle run down his beard.

1 Samuel 21:15

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