2 Samuel 9:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And [the cripple] bowed himself and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ Mephibosheth bowed low out of respect and said, “Who am I, your servant, that you should care about a dead dog like me?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And reverencing him, he said, "Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?"

2 Samuel 9:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 16:9

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Samuel 3:8

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I shew kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

1 Samuel 26:20

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

2 Samuel 24:14

And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Kings 8:13

And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.