Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart is in awe of Your words.
1 Samuel 21:15 - Tree of Life Version Then Achish said to his courtiers, “Look, you can see the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house? |
Princes persecute me for no reason, but my heart is in awe of Your words.
that he changed his demeanor before them and acted like a mad man while in their hands—scribbling on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.
So David walked from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard about it, they went down there to him.