2 Samuel 9:8

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

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WEBBE

He bowed down, and said, “What is your servant, that you should look at such a dead dog as I am?”

BSB

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

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?

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וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ vai·yish·ta·chu and he bowed down H7812 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 מֶה meh what H4100 עַבְדֶּךָ 'av·de·kha [is] servant your H5650 כִּי ki that H3588 פָנִיתָ fa·ni·ta you have turned H6437 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַכֶּלֶב ha·ke·lev the dog H3611 הַמֵּת ha·met (the) dead H4191 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 כָּמוֹנִי ka·mo·ni [is] like me H3644

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

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KingHumilityFlatteryDog (Sodomite?)Obsequiousness

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.