World English Bible
"Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?"
— 1 Samuel 21:14, World English 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? ”
“Achish said to his servants,“Look at this madman! Why did you bring 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? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"
David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"