2 Samuel 6:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And I will be yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I will be still more lightly esteemed than this, and will humble and lower myself in my own sight [and yours]. But by the maids you mentioned, I will be held in honor.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

I may humiliate myself even more, and I may be humbled in my own eyes, but I will be honored by the female servants you are talking about!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

I will both play and demean myself, more so than I have done. And I will be little in my own eyes. And with the handmaids, about whom you are speaking, I will appear more glorious."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done. And I will be little in my own eyes: and with the handmaid of whom thou speakest I shall appear more glorious.

2 Samuel 6:22 Cross References

Genesis 32:10

I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.

2 Samuel 6:21

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:23

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

Job 40:4

Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Job 42:6

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent In dust and ashes.

Psalm 131:1

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 51:7

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

Mark 14:66

And as Peter was beneath in the court, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest;

1 Timothy 1:15

Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

Hebrews 12:2

looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 4:14

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.