18And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?


In Context

15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.

16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.

17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

18 And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?

19 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.

20 But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:18But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my family or my father's clan in Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18David 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?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?