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?'


In Context

15 and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him,

16 and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.

17 And Saul saith unto David, 'Lo, my elder daughter Merab — her I give to thee for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valour, and fight the battles of Jehovah;' and Saul said, 'Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.'

18 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?'

19 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

20 And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes,

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 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 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?