2 Samuel 9:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant!

Common English Bible

⁶ Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson, came to David, and he fell to the ground, bowing low out of respect. “Mephibosheth?” David said. “Yes,” he replied. “I am at your service!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell upon his face, and he reverenced. And David said, "Mephibosheth?" And he responded, "Your servant is here."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And when Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come to David, he fell on his face and worshipped. And David said: Miphiboseth? And he answered: Behold thy servant.

2 Samuel 9:6 Cross References

Genesis 18:2

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the earth,

Genesis 33:3

He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

2 Samuel 1:7

And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’

2 Samuel 16:4

Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I do obeisance; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 21:7

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Samuel 4:4

Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled; and, as she fled in her haste, he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 9:5

Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.

1 Chronicles 8:34

and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

1 Chronicles 9:40

and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the lad had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times; and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David recovered himself.

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.