2 Samuel 9:8
2 Samuel chapter 9 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
Context
v.7And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
v.8This passage
v.9Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master’s son.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:8
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
- 1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
- 2 Samuel 16:9
Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
- Matthew 15:26
And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
- 1 Samuel 24:14
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.