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?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsDo I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
A lack of madmen have I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'
have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?
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