King James Version

1 Samuel 21:15

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?

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Samuel 21:16.

חֲסַ֤רchasardestituteחָסֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “destitute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2638lacking; hence, withoutdestitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙meshugaimmadשָׁגַעverb, pual, passive participle, absolute — “mad”, a verb used as a describing wordH7696to rave through insanity(be, play the) mad (man).אָ֔נִיanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…הֲבֵאתֶ֣םhavetemto comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).זֶ֔הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַlehishtageato madשָׁגַעpreposition, verb, hithpael, infinitive construct — “to mad”, the to-form of the verbH7696to rave through insanity(be, play the) mad (man).עָלָ֑יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הֲזֶ֖הhazehthe one...the otherזֶהparticle, interrogative, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…יָב֥וֹאyavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).בֵּיתִֽיbeytifamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(21-16) Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Young’s Literal Translation

A lack of madmen [have] I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'

World English Bible

Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”

Darby Translation

have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?

Douay-Rheims

Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(21-16) Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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