1 Samuel 18:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ But David replied to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

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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?"

1 Samuel 18:18 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went in and sat before Adonai and said, “Who am I, my Lord Adonai, and what is my family, that You have brought me this far?

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath, Solomon’s daughter, as wife);

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring Bnei-Yisrael out of Egypt?”

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of Adonai is the discipline of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Before ruin a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Jeremiah 1:6

Then I said, “Alas, Adonai Elohim! Look, I don’t know how to speak! For I’m still a boy!”

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell upon her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes that you have noticed me, even though I am a foreigner?”

1 Samuel 18:23

So Saul’s courtiers whispered these words in David’s ears. But David said, “Is it a light thing to you becoming the king’s son-in-law, considering that I am a poor man and of little account?”

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered by saying, “Am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my clan is the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? So why do you say such things to me?”