1 Samuel 24:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ “After whom has the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ So who is Israel’s king coming after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, 'From the impious, impiety will go forth.' Therefore, my hand will not be upon you.

1 Samuel 24:14 Cross References

1 Samuel 26:20

“And now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of יהוה. For the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

2 Samuel 9:8

And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to Dawiḏ, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed Dawiḏ by his mighty ones.

1 Kings 21:7

So Izeḇel his wife said to him, “Do you now rule over Yisra’ĕl? Rise up, eat food, and let your heart be glad. Let me give you the vineyard of Naḇoth the Yizre‛ĕlite!”

2 Samuel 16:9

And Aḇishai son of Tseruyah said to the sovereign, “Why should this dead dog curse my master the sovereign? Please, let me pass over and take off his head!”

2 Samuel 3:8

And Aḇnĕr was very displeased at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Yehuḏah, that I show loving-commitment to the house of Sha’ul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends today, and have not let you fall into the hand of Dawiḏ, that you charge me today with a sin concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 6:20

And Dawiḏ returned to bless his household, and Miḵal the daughter of Sha’ul came out to meet Dawiḏ, and said, “How esteemed was the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the female servants of his servants, as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

Hosea 10:13

You have ploughed wrongness, you have reaped unrighteousness, you have eaten the fruit of lying, because you trusted in your own way, in your many mighty men.