King James Version
1 Samuel 21:14 in the King James Version says “Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? is mad: or, pla...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? is mad: or, playeth the mad man”
1 Samuel 21:14 · KJV
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
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. scrabbled: or, made marks
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? is mad: or, playeth the mad man
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 Study — Public Domain
“Lo ye see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“the man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“wherefore then have ye brought”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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