1 Samuel 18:21 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

²¹ and he thought, “I'll tell David he can marry Michal, but I'll set it up so that the Philistines will kill him.” He told David, “I'm going to give you a second chance to marry one of my daughters.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Saul thought, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son-in-law.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

Common English Bible

²¹ I’ll give her to him, Saul thought; she’ll cause him problems, and the Philistines will be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, “Become my son-in-law now.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And Saul said, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him." And Saul said to David, "In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today."

1 Samuel 18:21 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

1 Samuel 18:17

One day, Saul told David, “If you'll be brave and fight the Lord's battles for me, I'll let you marry my oldest daughter Merab.” But Saul was really thinking, “I don't want to kill David myself, so I'll let the Philistines do it for me.”

Jeremiah 9:8

They say they want peace, but this lie is deadly, like an arrow that strikes when you least expect it.

1 Samuel 18:26

The officials told David, and David wanted to marry the princess. King Saul had set a time limit, and before it ran out,

Exodus 10:7

the king's officials asked, “Your Majesty, how much longer is this man going to be a troublemaker? Why don't you let the people leave, so they can worship the Lord their God? Don't you know that Egypt is a disaster?”

Jeremiah 5:26

A hunter traps birds and puts them in a cage, but some of you trap humans and make them your slaves.

Proverbs 29:5

Flattery is nothing less than setting a trap.

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul ordered his officials to speak to David in private, so they went to David and said, “Look, the king likes you, and all of his officials are loyal to you. Why not ask the king if you can marry his daughter Michal?” “I'm not rich or famous enough to marry princess Michal!” David answered.