7David said to him, |Don't be afraid of him; 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 shall eat bread at my table continually.|


In Context

4 The king said to him, |Where is he?| Ziba said to the king, |Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.|

5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, |Mephibosheth.| He answered, |Behold, your servant!|

7 David said to him, |Don't be afraid of him; 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 shall eat bread at my table continually.|

8 He did obeisance, and said, |What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?|

9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, |All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son.

2 Samuel 9:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:7"Don't be afraid," David said to him, "for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said to him: Fear not, for I will surely shew thee mercy for Jonathan thy father's sake, and I will restore the lands of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table always.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said to him, Fear not; for I will certainly shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7And David saith to him, 'Be not afraid; for I certainly do with thee kindness because of Jonathan thy father, and have given back to thee all the field of Saul thy father, and thou dost eat bread at my table continually.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.