Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 21:15
1 Samuel 21:15 is verse 15 of 1 Samuel chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
King James Version
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?
World English Bible
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
Read in context
1 Samuel 21:13–15 · Berean Standard Bible
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?”
Read all of 1 Samuel 21Hebrew words
חֲסַ֤רlacking ofמְשֻׁגָּעִים֙madmenאָ֔נִי[am] I?כִּיthatהֲבֵאתֶ֣םyou have broughtאֶת<obj.>זֶ֔הthis oneלְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַto behave like a madmanעָלָ֑יon meהֲזֶ֖ה¿ this oneיָב֥וֹאwill he comeאֶלintoבֵּיתִֽיhouse my
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