1 Samuel 18:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Saul's servants told those words to David. David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

Saul’s servants whispered these things in David’s ear. But David said, “Do you think it’s a simple matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I don’t! I’m poor and insignificant.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the servants of Saul spoke all these words to the ears of David. And David said: "Does it seem a small matter to you, to be the son-in-law of the king? I am but a poor and unimportant man."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son-in-law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

1 Samuel 18:23 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 29:20

Ya`akov served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

Genesis 34:12

Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.*

Psalm 119:141

I am small and despised. I don't forget your precepts.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

1 John 3:1

Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

1 Samuel 18:18

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?

1 Samuel 18:22

Sha'ul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

1 Samuel 18:24

The servants of Sha'ul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

1 Samuel 9:21

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?