26When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,


In Context

23 They repeated these words to David. But David said, "Do you think it is a small matter to become the king's son- in-law? I'm only a poor man and little known."

24 When Saul's servants told him what David had said,

25 Saul replied, "Say to David, 'The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.' " Saul's plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

26 When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king's son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,

27 David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

28 When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

1st Samuel 18:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law. And the days were not expired;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days had not expired.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:26And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.