Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
1 Samuel 18:18 - Revised Standard Version And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my kinsfolk, my father's family in Israel, 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 King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
Ahima-az, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.”
Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”
And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”
Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the humblest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?”