2 Samuel 9:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Mephibosheth bowed down again and answered, "Who am I that you would look at a dead dog like me?"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"

YLT:

And he boweth himself, and saith, 'What is thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog -- such as I?'

2 Samuel 9:8 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 16:9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and cut off his head."

2 Samuel 24:14 Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the LORD for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such {d} a dead dog as I [am]?
(d) Meaning, a despised person.

WES:

9:8 Bowed himself - It is good to have the heart humbled under humbling providences. If when divine providence brings our condition down, divine grace brings our spirits down, we shall be easy.

MHC:

9:1-8 Amidst numerous affairs we are apt to forget the gratitude we owe, and the engagements we are under, not only to our friends, but to God himself. Yet persons of real godliness will have no rest till they have discharged them. And the most proper objects of kindness and charity, frequently will not be found without inquiry. Jonathan was David's sworn friend, therefore he shows kindness to his son Mephibosheth. God is faithful to us; let us not be unfaithful to one another. If Providence has raised us, and our friends and their families are brought low, we must look upon that as giving us the fairer opportunity of being kind to them.

CONC:

Bowed Boweth Dead Dog Face Hast Note Notice Obeisance Prostrated Regard Servant Shouldest Shouldst

Bowed Boweth Dead Dog Face Mephibosheth Note Notice Obeisance Prostrated Regard Servant Shouldest Shouldst Turned

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