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Parallel 1SA 18:18

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BI 1Sa 18:18 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)“Who am I,” David asked, “and who are my relatives in my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

OET-LVand_he/it_said Dāvid to Shāʼūl who [am]_I and_what family_my the_clan father’s_my in/on/at/with_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) (cmp) I_will_be a_son-in-law to_the_king.

UHBוַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל מִ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ וּ⁠מִ֣י חַיַּ֔⁠י מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אָבִ֖⁠י בְּ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־אֶהְיֶ֥ה חָתָ֖ן לַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ׃
   (va⁠yyoʼmer dāvid ʼel-shāʼūl miy ʼānokī ū⁠miy ḩayya⁠y mishpaḩat ʼāⱱi⁠y bə⁠yisrāʼēl kiy-ʼehyeh ḩātān la⁠mmelek.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXXNo BrLXX 1SA 18:18 verse available

BrTrNo BrTr 1SA 18:18 verse available

ULTAnd David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives of the clan of my father in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”

USTBut David said to Saul, “I am not a very important person, and my family is not very important. Also my clan is not a very important Israelite clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.”

BSB  § And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”


OEBAnd David replied to Saul, ‘Who am I, and what is my father’s clan in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?’

WEBBEDavid said to 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?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETDavid said to Saul, “Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

LSVAnd David says to Saul, “Who [am] I? And what [is] my life—the family of my father in Israel—that I am son-in-law of the king?”

FBV“But who am I, and what status does my family have in Israel, for me to become the son-in-law of the king?” David replied.[fn]


18:18 David may have been concerned at the cost of providing a dowry, especially as this is a condition of marriage mentioned later in verse 25.

T4TBut David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]

LEBBut David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, the clan of my father in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?”

BBEAnd David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

MoffNo Moff 1SA book available

JPSAnd 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?'

ASVAnd 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?

DRAAnd 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?

YLTAnd David saith unto Saul, 'Who [am] I? and what my life — the family of my father in Israel — that I am son-in-law to the king?'

DrbyAnd David said to 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?

RVAnd 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?

WbstrAnd David said to 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?

KJB-1769And 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?

KJB-1611And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my fathers family in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the king?
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

BshpsAnd Dauid aunswered Saul: What am I? and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in lawe to the king?
   (And David answered Saul: What am I? and what is my life or the kynred of my father in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?)

GnvaAnd Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?
   (And David answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be son in law to the King? )

CvdlNeuertheles Dauid answered Saul: Who am I? & what is my life & the kynred of my father in Israel, that I shulde mary the kinges doughter?
   (Nevertheless David answered Saul: Who am I? and what is my life and the kynred of my father in Israel, that I should mary the kings daughter?)

WyclSotheli Dauid seide to Saul, Who am Y, ether what is my lijf, ether the meynee of my fadir in Israel, that Y be maad the `sone in lawe of the kyng?
   (Truly David said to Saul, Who am I, ether what is my life, ether the meynee of my father in Israel, that I be made the `sone in law of the king?)

LuthDavid aber antwortete Saul: Wer bin ich, und was ist mein Leben und Geschlecht meines Vaters in Israel, daß ich des Königs Eidam werden soll?
   (David but replied Saul: Who am I, and what/which is my life and Geschlecht my father in Israel, that I the kings Eidam become soll?)

ClVgAit autem David ad Saul: Quis ego sum, aut quæ est vita mea, aut cognatio patris mei in Israël, ut fiam gener regis?
   (He_said however David to Saul: Who I I_am, aut which it_is vita mea, aut cognatio of_the_father my/mine in Israel, as fiam gener king? )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

18:18 Who am I, and what is my family: An expression of humility (see also 2 Sam 7:18; cp. Exod 3:11). David’s family could not afford the bride price to marry the king’s daughter (1 Sam 18:23-25).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Who am I, and who are my relatives, or my father’s clan in Israel … to the king?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards Shāʼūl who? I and,what family,my clan father's,my in/on/at/with,Israel that/for/because/then/when be son-in-law to_the,king )

David uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that he is not worthy of being Saul’s son-in-law. Alternate translation: “I am nobody and neither my relatives nor my father’s family are important enough in Israel … to the king.”

(Occurrence 0) son-in-law to the king

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards Shāʼūl who? I and,what family,my clan father's,my in/on/at/with,Israel that/for/because/then/when be son-in-law to_the,king )

Alternate translation: “husband of the king’s daughter”

BI 1Sa 18:18 ©