Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
1 Samuel 18:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) David said to Sha'ul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Yisra'el, that I should be son-in-law to the king? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 “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 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 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? |
Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
Achima`atz, in Naftali (he also took Basemat the daughter of Shlomo as wife);
Moshe said to God, *Who am I, that I should go to Par`oh, and that I should bring forth the children of Yisra'el out of Egypt?*
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
Sha'ul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Sha'ul answered, Am I not a Binyamini, of the smallest of the tribes of Yisra'el? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Binyamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?