1 Samuel 18:21 - New International Version (Anglicised)

²¹ ‘I will give her to him,’ he thought, ‘so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.’ So Saul said to David, ‘Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Saul thought, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son-in-law.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

Common English Bible

²¹ I’ll give her to him, Saul thought; she’ll cause him problems, and the Philistines will be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, “Become my son-in-law now.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And Saul said, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him." And Saul said to David, "In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today."

1 Samuel 18:21 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 38:12

Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s officials said to him, ‘How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realise that Egypt is ruined?’

Proverbs 29:5

Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet.

Jeremiah 5:26

‘Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbours, but in their hearts they set traps for them.

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul said to David, ‘Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the Lord.’ For Saul said to himself, ‘I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!’

1 Samuel 18:22

Then Saul ordered his attendants: ‘Speak to David privately and say, “Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.” ’

1 Samuel 18:26

When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,