1 Samuel 18:26
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
In other versions
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
ASV
And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.
BBE
And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,
DBY
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
WEB
And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full,
YLT
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
ENG
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days had not expired.
WBT
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
BSB
In context
24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
28And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- David