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1 Samuel 21:13

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11 But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

12 Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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?”

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BSB
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.
KJV
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
WEB
He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
ASV
And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
DARBY
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
BLB
And he changed his behavior before their eyes and feigned madness in their hands; and he scratched on the doors of the gate, and he let fall down his saliva on his beard.
ÅB
Derfor lot han for dem som han var vanvittig, og han raste mellom hendene på dem og risset på dørene i porten og lot sitt spytt flyte ned i skjegget.
OTB
Så forkledde han sin oppførsel foran dem, og lot som om han var gal i deres hender, og klotret på dørene til porten, og lot sitt spytt renne ned i skjegget.
B1930
Derfor lot han for dem som han var vanvittig, og han raste mellem hendene på dem og risset på dørene i porten og lot sitt spytt flyte ned i skjegget.

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