1 Samuel 21:15
13 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?
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
- 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?
- WEB
- Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
- ASV
- Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
- DARBY
- have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?
- BLB
- Am I lacking madmen, that you⁺ have brought this one to play the madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”
- ÅB
- Har jeg ikke nok av gale folk siden dere er kommet hit med ham der, så han skal plage meg med sin galskap? Skulle slik en få komme i mitt hus?
- OTB
- Mangler jeg galninger, siden dere har brakt denne til å oppføre seg som en galning i min nærvær? Skal denne mannen komme inn i mitt hus?"
- B1930
- Har jeg ikke nok av gale folk siden I er kommet hit med ham der, så han skal plage mig med sin galskap? Skulde slik en få komme i mitt hus?