1 Samuel 21:15 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁵ “Am I short of madmen, that you have brought this one to act as a madman near me? Should this one come into my house?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Have 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Have I need of madmen, that you bring this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Am I short on insane people that you’ve brought this person to go crazy right in front of me? Do you really think I’m going to let this man enter my house?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?"

1 Samuel 21:15 Cross References

Psalm 119:161

Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, But at Your word my heart stood in awe.

1 Samuel 21:14

Then Aḵ

1 Samuel 22:1

And Dawiḏ