Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. David said, “Mephibosheth!” He answered, “I am your servant.”
1 Kings 1:31 - New Revised Standard Version Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, “May 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. |
Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David, and fell on his face and did obeisance. David said, “Mephibosheth!” He answered, “I am your servant.”
For today he has gone down and has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's children, Joab the commander of the army, and the priest Abiathar, who are now eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my ancestors' graves, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance.
The Chaldeans said to the king (in Aramaic), “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation.”
The queen, when she heard the discussion of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall. The queen said, “O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts terrify you or your face grow pale.
So the presidents and satraps conspired and came to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever!
Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.
Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
As soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He bowed three times, and they kissed each other, and wept with each other; David wept the more.
Afterwards David also rose up and went out of the cave and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.