2 Samuel 9:8
World English Bible (WEB)
He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
In context
6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth?” He answered, “Behold, your servant!”
7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”
8 He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s son.
10 Till the land for him—you, your sons, and your servants. Bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth your master’s son will always eat bread at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 9:8 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”
- KJV King James Version
- And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he boweth himself, and saith, 'What [is] thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog — such as I?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am ?