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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁴ “Can’t you see he’s crazy?” Achish asked his servants. “Why bring him to me?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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?”