2 Samuel 9:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?””
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“Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he boweth himself, and saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog--such as I?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 9:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- 1 Samuel 26:20So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- 2 Samuel 3:8Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
- 2 Samuel 16:9Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
- Matthew 15:26But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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