Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”
1 Samuel 24:14 - Revised Standard Version After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a 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 the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”
Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, “Am I a dog's head of Judah? This day I keep showing loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' maids, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
And he did obeisance, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look upon a dead dog such as I?”
And Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
You have plowed iniquity, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots and in the multitude of your warriors,
And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel has come out to seek my life, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”