2 Samuel 6:22

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

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20 As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

21 But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,

22 and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

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2 Samuel 6:22 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
KJV King James Version: And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
WEB World English Bible: I will be yet more undignified than this, and will be worthless in my own sight. But the maids of whom you have spoken will honor me.”
ASV American Standard Version: And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.'
DBY Darby Translation: And I will make myself yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight; and of the handmaids that thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
WBS Webster Bible: And I shall yet be more vile than thus, and shall be base in my own sight: and by the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, by them shall I be had in honor.