1 Samuel 25:41 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And she arose and bowed herself to the earth and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Common English Bible

She bowed low to the ground and said, “I am your servant, ready to serve and wash the feet of my master’s helpers.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, "Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And she arose and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

1 Samuel 25:41 Cross References

Genesis 18:4

Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Mark 1:7

And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

1 Timothy 5:10

and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?”

Ruth 2:13

Then she said, “You are most gracious to me, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not one of your maidservants.”

1 Samuel 25:23

When Abigail saw David, she made haste, and alighted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:40

And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”