1 Samuel 24:14
“After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom doest thou pursue? After a dead dogge, after a flea.”
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1 Samuel 24:14 Context
12The Lord iudge betweene me and thee, and the Lord auenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be vpon thee. 13As saith the prouerbe of the ancients, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be vpon thee. 14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom doest thou pursue? After a dead dogge, after a flea. 15The Lord therfore be Iudge, and iudge betweene me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliuer me out of thine hand. 16¶ And it came to passe when Dauid had made an ende of speaking these words vnto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my sonne Dauid? And Saul lift vp his voice, and wept.
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After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- King James Version
"After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- American Standard Version (1901)
After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.
- Basic English Bible
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
- Darby Bible
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea?
- Webster's Bible
Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
- World English Bible
`After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea!
- Youngs Literal Bible
(24:15) After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible