Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
2 Samuel 9:8 - Y'all Version Bible He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 And reverencing him, he said, "Who am I, your servant, that you should look with favor upon a dead dog like me?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am? |
Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into YHWH’s hand, for ʜɪꜱ mercies are great. Let me not fall into human hand.”
Then Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!
Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “YHWH has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”
Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”