Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, ‘Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and remove his head! ’
1 Samuel 24:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. Common English Bible So who is Israel’s king coming after? Who are you chasing? A dead dog? A single flea? Catholic Public Domain Version So too, it is said in the ancient proverb, 'From the impious, impiety will go forth.' Therefore, my hand will not be upon you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As also it is said in the old proverb: From the wicked shall wickedness come forth: therefore my hand shall not be upon thee. After whom dost thou come out, O king of Israel? |
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, ‘Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and remove his head! ’
Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth’s accusation. ‘Am I a dog’s head , who belongs to Judah? ’ he asked. ‘All this time I’ve been loyal to the family of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and haven’t betrayed you to David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. ‘How the king of Israel honoured himself today! ’ she said. ‘He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.’
Mephibosheth paid homage and said, ‘What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me? ’
Then his wife Jezebel said to him, ‘Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’
You have ploughed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,
He said to David, ‘Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ’ Then he cursed David by his gods.
So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.’