Verse 23
1 Samuel 18:23
Literal Standard Version
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And the servants of Saul speak these words in the ears of David, and David says, “Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law of the king—and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֞וּ עַבְדֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֖ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד הַֽ/נְקַלָּ֤ה בְ/עֵֽינֵי/כֶם֙ הִתְחַתֵּ֣ן בַּ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/אָנֹכִ֖י אִֽישׁ רָ֥שׁ וְ/נִקְלֶֽה
English Translation
And the servants of Saul spoke these words to David, and David said, "Is it a trivial thing in your eyes to marry the king, while I am a poor man and insignificant?"
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Chapter 18 Context
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And it comes to pass, when he finishes to speak to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan has been bound to...
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And Saul takes him on that day, and has not permitted him to return to the house of his father.
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And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,
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and Jonathan strips himself of the upper robe which is on him, and gives it to David, and his long r...
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And David goes out wherever Saul sends him; he acted wisely, and Saul sets him over the men of war,...
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And it comes to pass, in their coming in, in David’s returning from striking the Philistine, that th...
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and the women answer—those playing, and say, “Saul has struck among his thousands, || And David amon...
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And it is exceedingly displeasing to Saul, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he says, “They ha...
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And Saul is eyeing David from that day and from then on.
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And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the spirit of sadness from God (Elohim) prospers over Sa...
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and Saul casts the javelin and says, “I strike through David, even through the wall”; and David turn...
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And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for YHWH has been with him, and He has turned aside fro...
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and Saul turns him aside from him, and appoints him to himself for head of one thousand, and he goes...
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And David is acting wisely in all his ways, and YHWH is with him,
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and Saul sees that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him,
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and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.
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And Saul says to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab—I give her to you for a wife; only, be for...
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And David says to Saul, “Who am I? And what is my life—the family of my father in Israel—that I am s...
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And it comes to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she has bee...
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And Michal daughter of Saul loves David, and they declare it to Saul, and the thing is right in his...
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and Saul says, “I give her to him, and she is for a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines is...
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And Saul commands his servants, “Speak to David gently, saying, Behold, the king has delighted in yo...
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And the servants of Saul speak these words in the ears of David, and David says, “Is it a light thin...
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And the servants of Saul declare it to him, saying, “David has spoken according to these words.”
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And Saul says, “Thus you say to David, There is no delight for the king in dowry, but in one hundred...
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And his servants declare these words to David, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be so...
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and David rises and goes, he and his men, and strikes two hundred men among the Philistines, and Dav...
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And Saul sees and knows that YHWH is with David, and Michal daughter of Saul has loved him,
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and Saul adds to be afraid of the presence of David still; and Saul is an enemy of David for all the...
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And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it comes to pass from the time of their coming out,...
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