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


In Context

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.

10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table.| Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 9:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am? ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:8He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:8And he boweth himself, and saith, 'What is thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog — such as I?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:8And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?