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2 Samuel 9:8

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9:8Then Mephibosheth10 bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”11

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 11 Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Mephibosheth paid homage and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”

NLTNew Living Translation

Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he did obeisance and said, “What is your servant that you have paid attention to the dead dog like me?”

KJV 1900King James Version

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