1 Samuel 18:18 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁸ But David said to Saul, ‘Who am I, and what is my family or my clan 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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 7:18

Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: ‘Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?

1 Kings 4:15

Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had married Basemath daughter of Solomon);

Exodus 3:11

But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’

Proverbs 15:33

Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord, and humility comes before honour.

Proverbs 18:12

Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honour.

Jeremiah 1:6

‘Alas, Sovereign Lord,’ I said, ‘I do not know how to speak; I am too young.’

Ruth 2:10

At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, ‘Why have I found such favour in your eyes that you notice me – a foreigner?’

1 Samuel 18:23

They repeated these words to David. But David said, ‘Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.’

1 Samuel 9:21

Saul answered, ‘But am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?’