Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad; wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?
And Achish said to his servants, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye bring him to me?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.
- Author
- Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
- Date
- Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy