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?


In Context

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

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

17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

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?

19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

20 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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?

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?