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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 18:18 Catholic Bible: David answered, "Who am I and what is my family that I should become the king's son-in-law?" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/18-18.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/18-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/18-18.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/18.htm">Chapter 18</a> > Verse 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/18-17.htm" title="1 Samuel 18:17">◄</a> 1 Samuel 18:18 <a href="../1_samuel/18-19.htm" title="1 Samuel 18:19">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/18.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />David answered, "Who am I and what is my family that I should become the king's son-in-law?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/1_samuel/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />David answered, "How could I possibly marry your daughter? I'm not very important, and neither is my family." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But David answered Saul: “Who am I? And who are my kindred or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">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?</p><p class="hdg">Who am I</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/18-26.htm">1 Samuel 18:26</a> And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son in law.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/9-21.htm">1 Samuel 9:21</a> And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/3-11.htm">Exodus 3:11</a> And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ruth/2-10.htm">Ruth 2:10</a> She fell on her face, and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me, a woman of another country?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/7-18.htm">2 Samuel 7:18</a> And 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?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/15-33.htm">Proverbs 15:33</a> The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../proverbs/18-12.htm">Proverbs 18:12</a> Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jeremiah/1-6.htm">Jeremiah 1:6</a> And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/18.htm">David Marries Michal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17</span>And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl">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?</span><span class="reftext">19</span>And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../exodus/3-11.htm">Exodus 3:11</a></span><br />And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/9-21.htm">1 Samuel 9:21</a></span><br />And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/18-23.htm">1 Samuel 18:23</a></span><br />And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/7-18.htm">2 Samuel 7:18</a></span><br />And 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/10-21.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-16.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/judges/8-18.htm">King's</a> <a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Kinsfolk</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/judges/19-5.htm">Son-In-Law</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/16-5.htm">Clan</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-19.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-28.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-22.htm">King's</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">Kinsfolk</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-5.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-19.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/18-21.htm">Son-In-Law</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_samuel/18-18.htm">1 Samuel 18:18 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: am and be become But clan David family father's I in is Israel king's life my or said Saul should son-in-law that the to what Who<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/18-18.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 18:18 David said to Saul Who am I (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/18-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 18:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 18:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/18-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 18:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 18:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>