1 Samuel 18:23
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?
KJV
Et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba hæc. Et ait David : Num parum videtur vobis, generum esse regis ? ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐλάλησαν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ εἰς τὰ ὦτα Δαυεὶδ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα· καὶ εἶπεν Δαυείδ Κοῦφον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν ἐπιγαμβρεῦσαι βασιλεῖ; κἀγὼ ἀνὴρ ταπεινὸς καὶ οὐχὶ ἔνδοξος.
LXX
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?
ASV
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
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- 1Sam 18:18 — And 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?
- Judg 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
- Num 16:9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to s
- Ps 131:1 — Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.