• 1 Samuel 18:17
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 17 Saul later said to David: “Here is my oldest daughter Meʹrab.+ I will give her to you as a wife.+ However, you should continue to display your courage for me and fight the wars of Jehovah.”+ For Saul said to himself: ‘Do not let my hand come against him. Let the hand of the Phi·lisʹtines strike him.’+

  • 1 Samuel 18:17
    The Bible in Living English

    • 17 And Saul said to David “Here is my oldest daughter Merab, I will give you her as wife—only show yourself a man of energy, and fight Jehovah’s battles,” Saul’s thought being “Let it not be my hand that comes on him, but the hands of the Philistines.”

  • 1 Samuel 18:17
    American Standard Version

    • 17 And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

  • 1 Samuel 18:17
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 17 So then Saul said unto David—Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife, only approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself—Let not my own hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

  • 1 Samuel 18:17
    King James Version

    • 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.