1 Samuel 18:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ And Sha’ul said, “Let me give her to him and let her be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines be against him.” So Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

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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

Psalm 38:12

And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.

Exodus 10:7

And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “Till when would this one be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they serve יהוה  their Elohim. Do you not yet know that Mitsrayim is destroyed?”

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbour Spreads a net for his own feet.

Jeremiah 5:26

‘For among My people are found wrong men who lie in wait as one who sets snares. They have set up a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is an arrow shot out. It speaks deceit – speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

1 Samuel 18:17

And Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 18:22

And Sha’ul commanded his servants, “Speak to Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 18:26

And his servants declared these words to Dawiḏ