And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.

And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David's enemy continually.

and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days.

And Saul's fear of David became all the greater, and he went on hating him, day by day.

And Saul began to fear David all the more. And Saul became the enemy of David, every day.

And Saul was yet the more afraid (n) of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
(n) To be deprived of his kingdom.

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David,.... Because the Lord was with him, and his wife loved him; so that he feared he should never be able to accomplish his designs, and that this marriage, which he intended as the means of his ruin, would pave the way for his ascending the throne:
and Saul became David's enemy continually; was every day giving fresh evidence of his enmity against him; before it was by fits, and at certain times, there were some intervals; but now enmity was rooted and habituated, and was constant and continually showing itself.

Saul was yet the more afraid of David--because Providence had visibly favored him, by not only defeating the conspiracy against his life, but through his royal alliance paving his way to the throne.