1 Samuel 21:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
1 Samuel 21:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 21:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 21:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?””
1 Samuel 21:15 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 21:15 ASV — 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?”
1 Samuel 21:15 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 21:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A 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?'”
1 Samuel 21:15 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 21:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?”
1 Samuel 21:15 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 21:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Haue I neede of mad men, that ye haue brought this fellowe to play the mad man in my presence? shall he come into mine house? ”
1 Samuel 21:15 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 21:15 in Context — 1 Samuel 21
13 Il se montra comme fou à leurs yeux, et fit devant eux des extravagances; il faisait des marques sur les battants des portes, et il laissait couler sa salive sur sa barbe.
14 Akisch dit à ses serviteurs: Vous voyez bien que cet homme a perdu la raison; pourquoi me l’amenez-vous?
15 Est-ce que je manque de fous, pour que vous m’ameniez celui-ci et me rendiez témoin de ses extravagances? Faut-il qu’il entre dans ma maison?
What Does 1 Samuel 21:15 Mean?
1 Samuel 21:15 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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