1 Samuel 24:14 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁴ ‘Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? 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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 16:9

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, ‘Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.’

2 Samuel 3:8

Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, ‘Am I a dog’s head – on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offence involving this woman!

2 Samuel 6:20

When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, ‘How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!’

2 Samuel 9:8

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, ‘What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?’

1 Kings 21:7

Jezebel his wife said, ‘Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’

Hosea 10:13

But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors,

1 Samuel 17:43

He said to David, ‘Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?’ And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Samuel 26:20

Now do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the Lord. The king of Israel has come out to look for a flea – as one hunts a partridge in the mountains.’