Quelle est l'origine de cette expression ?
Quelle est l’origine de l’expression « A man after my own heart » ?
L’expression provient de la Bible (version du roi Jacques) :
Samuel 13 :14 :
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
[Mais désormais ton règne ne durera pas : l’Éternel s’est cherché un homme selon son cœur.]
Actes 13 :22 :
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
[Il leur suscita David pour roi, disant : J’ai trouvé David, fils de Jessé, un homme selon mon cœur, qui accomplira toutes mes volontés.]