1 Samuel 24:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?”
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“Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.”
King James Version · Public Domain“After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? --after a dead dog! after one flea!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 24:14 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 8:1Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
- 1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 26:20So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- 2 Samuel 3:8Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
- 2 Samuel 6:20As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- 2 Samuel 9:8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
- 2 Samuel 16:9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
- 1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- Hosea 10:13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
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