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1 Samuel 21:14

1 Samuel 21:14 is verse 14 of 1 Samuel chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

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King James Version

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

World English Bible

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?

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1 Samuel 21:12–15 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

13 So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

15 Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said אָכִ֖ישׁAchish אֶלto עֲבָדָ֑יוservants his הִנֵּ֤הthere!תִרְאוּ֙you see אִ֣ישׁa man מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַbehaving like a madman לָ֛מָּה<to> why?תָּבִ֥יאוּdo you bring אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> him אֵלָֽיto me

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

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