1 Samuel 21:16

10 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

Am I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman? he shall not come into the house.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Am I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman? he shall not come into the house.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Have I need of meshuga'im, that ye have brought this one to play the meshuga in my presence? Shall this one come into my bais?

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Croatian Bible

Zar nemam dosta budala te mi dovodite ovoga da mi dosađuje svojim ludilom? Zar će taj ući u moju kuću?”

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Manqué-je de fous, moi, que vous m’ayez amené celui-ci pour faire le fou devant moi ? Celui-ci entrerait-il dans ma maison ?

German Textbibel

Fehlt es mir etwa an Verrückten, daß ihr den hergebracht habt, damit er vor mir tobe? Der soll in meinen Palast kommen?

Brenton Septuagint

Μὴ ἐλαττοῦμαι ἐπιλήπτων ἐγὼ, ὅτι εἰσαγηόχατε αὐτὸν ἐπιληπτεύεσθαι πρὸς μέ; οὗτος οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς οἰκίαν.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

חֲסַ֤ר מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙ אָ֔נִי כִּי־הֲבֵאתֶ֣ם אֶת־זֶ֔ה לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַ עָלָ֑י הֲזֶ֖ה יָבֹ֥וא אֶל־בֵּיתִֽי׃ ס

Mashi Bible

“Ka kubula mbuzire abasirhe obûla mundwîrhîre oyu mpu ayishihenyera ebi by’isirhe lyâge embere zâni? Muntu wa bene oyu kurhi akaja emwâni?”»

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

חֲסַ֤ר מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙ אָ֔נִי כִּי־הֲבֵאתֶ֣ם אֶת־זֶ֔ה לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַ עָלָ֑י הֲזֶ֖ה יָב֥וֹא אֶל־בֵּיתִֽי׃ ס

Attribution

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 1000 BC–950 BC Samuel, Nathan and Gad
Ascribed to the prophets named in Chronicles as recorders of the reign.
Critical: 630 BC–550 BC Deuteronomistic historians
Incorporates an early court narrative within a later framework.

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Elsewhere in the world

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1000 BC–550 BC).

1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

1 Samuel 21:16

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Croatian Bible ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

German Textbibel ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆