1 Samuel 18:18
“And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my fathers family in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the king?”
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1 Samuel 18:18 Context
16But all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because hee went out and came in before them. 17¶ And Saul said to Dauid, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I giue thee to wife: onely be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lords battels: for Saul said, Let not mine hand be vpon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be vpon him. 18And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my fathers family in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the king? 19But it came to passe at the time when Merab Sauls daughter should haue beene giuen to Dauid, that shee was giuen vnto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20And Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they tolde Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 18:18
And David said unto Saul, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
- King James Version
But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life {or} my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, `or' my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- American Standard Version (1901)
And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?
- Basic English Bible
And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- Darby Bible
And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- Webster's Bible
David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?"
- World English Bible
And David saith unto Saul, `Who [am] I? and what my life -- the family of my father in Israel -- that I am son-in-law to the king?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And David said unto Saul: 'Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 18:18
18:18 What is my life - How little is my life worth, that by the exposing of that to some hazard, I should purchase a king's daughter! In these expressions David sheweth not only his humility, but also his wisdom, in discovering so deep a sense of his own meanness, that Saul might see how far he was from aspiring at the kingdom.