1 Samuel 18:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ 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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ “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

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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?

1 Samuel 18:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

Exodus 3:11

And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Jeremiah 1:6

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?