1 Samuel 21:15
What does 1 Samuel 21:15 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 21:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Have 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?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A lack of madmen <FI>have<Fi> I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Have we need of mad men, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?
Context
v.14Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
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