1 Samuel 18:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 2 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son in law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Saul said to David, My elder daughter Merab I will give you as wife; only serve me courageously and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let not my hand, but the Philistines' hand, be upon him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Saul said to David, “Look, here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage on this condition: you must be my warrior and fight the LORD’s battles.” I won’t raise my hand against him, Saul thought; let the Philistines do that!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: "Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord." Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, "Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob: her will I give thee to wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him; but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

1 Samuel 18:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

0 If thou see him to be angry, and he shall say: Why did you approach so near to the wall to fight? knew you not that many darts are thrown from above off the wall?

2 Samuel 12:9

4 Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.

2 Samuel 6:16

1 And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord in Israel,

Psalm 12:2

Unto the end, a psalm for David: How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

Psalm 55:21

All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

Proverbs 26:24

A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

Proverbs 26:25

Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

Proverbs 26:26

Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

Numbers 21:14

9 From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.

Numbers 32:20

5 And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moses: We are thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.

Numbers 32:27

2 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and we confess that we have already received our possession beyond the Jordan.

Numbers 32:29

4 And the sons of Cad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Deuteronomy 17:7

2 But he that will be proud, and refuse to obey the commandment of the priest, who ministereth at that time to the Lord thy God, and the decree of the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt take away the evil from Israel:

1 Samuel 14:49

Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: I how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt.

1 Samuel 17:25

0 And he turned a little aside from him to another: and said the same word. And the people answered him as before.

1 Samuel 17:36

1 And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh against David, and his armourbearer before him.

1 Samuel 17:47

2 And the men of Israel and Juda rising up shouted, and pursued after the Philistines till they came to the valley and to the gates of Accaron, and there fell many wounded of the Philistines in the way of Saraim, and as far as Geth, and as far as Accaron.

1 Samuel 18:21

6 And 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.

1 Samuel 18:25

0 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.

1 Samuel 18:27

And Jonathan told David, saying: Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: wherefore look to thyself, I beseech thee, in the morning, and thou shalt abide in a secret place and shalt be hid.

1 Samuel 25:28

3 And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.

1 Samuel 30:26

1 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men.