2 Samuel 9:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ And he bowed himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should turn to such a dead dog as I?”

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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

And Aḇishai son of Tseruyah said to the sovereign, “Why should this dead dog curse my master the sovereign? Please, let me pass over and take off his head!”

2 Samuel 3:8

And Aḇnĕr was very displeased at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Yehuḏah, that I show loving-commitment to the house of Sha’ul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends today, and have not let you fall into the hand of Dawiḏ, that you charge me today with a sin concerning this woman?

1 Samuel 26:20

“And now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of יהוה. For the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

2 Samuel 24:14

And Dawiḏ said to Gaḏ, “I am in great trouble. Please let us fall into the hand of יהוה, for His compassion is great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

2 Kings 8:13

And Ḥaza’ĕl said, “But what is your servant – a dog, that he should perform this great matter?” And Elisha answered, “יהוה has shown that you are to be sovereign over Aram!”