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 your servant!
1 Kings 1:31 - King James 2000 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and knelt before to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and did obeisance to the king and said, Let my lord King David live forever! American Standard Version (1901) Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. Common English Bible Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground. She honored the king and said, “May my master King David live forever!” Catholic Public Domain Version And Bathsheba, having lowered her face to the ground, reverenced the king, saying, "May my lord David live forever." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Bethsabee bowing with her face to the earth worshipped the king, saying: May my lord David live for ever. |
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 your servant!
For he has gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
And said unto the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and paid homage to Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor paid him homage.
Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.
Now the queen because of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever: let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance be changed:
Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live forever.
But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will respect my son.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she respect her husband.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David regained control.
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.