And Sovereign Dawiḏ went in and sat before יהוה and he said, “Who am I, O Master יהוה? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
1 Samuel 18:18 - The Scriptures 2009 And Dawiḏ said to Sha’ul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s clan in Yisra’ĕl, that I should be son-in-law to the sovereign?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible “I’m not worthy,” David replied to Saul, “and neither is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, to become the king’s son-in-law.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, and what is my father's kinship within Israel, that I should be the son-in-law of the king?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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? |
And Sovereign Dawiḏ went in and sat before יהוה and he said, “Who am I, O Master יהוה? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
Aḥima‛ats in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Shelomoh as wife;
And Mosheh said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim?”
The fear of יהוה is the discipline of wisdom, And before esteem is humility.
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before esteem is humility.
And said I, “Ah, Master יהוה! See, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.”
And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favour in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, seeing I am a foreigner?”
And the servants of Sha’ul spoke those words in the hearing of Dawiḏ. And Dawiḏ said, “Does it seem to you a small matter to be a sovereign’s son-in-law, seeing I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
And Sha’ul answered and said, “Am I not a Binyamite – of the smallest of the tribes of Yisra’ĕl, and my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Binyamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”