1 Samuel 18:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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.

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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 Cross References

1 Samuel 18:17

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.

Jeremiah 9:8

6 And I will scatter them among the nations, which they and their fathers have not known: and I will send the sword after them till they be consumed.

1 Samuel 18:26

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul loved David exceedingly.

Exodus 10:7

0 And Pharao answered: So be the Lord with you, as I shall let you and your children go: who can doubt but that you intend some great evil?

Jeremiah 5:26

The shepherds shall come to her with their flocks: they have pitched their tents against her round about: every one shall feed them that are under his hand.

Proverbs 29:5

2 A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.

Psalm 38:12

9 But my enemies live, and are stronger that I : and they hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

1 Samuel 18:22

7 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.