1 Samuel 18:23
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- a light
- 1 John 3:1
- a poor man
- 1 Samuel 9:21; Proverbs 14:20; Proverbs 19:6, 7; Ecclesiastes 9:15, 16
- and lightly
- Psalm 119:141