NET Bible
"Achish said to his servants,“Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me?"
— 1 Samuel 21:14, NET Bible
“Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?”
“Then 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 see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?”
“And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?”
“Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?”
“Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?”
The servants of Achish said to him,“Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying,‘Saul struck down his thousands, But David his tens of thousands’?”
David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.
He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.
Achish said to his servants,“Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me?
Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?”