NET Bible
"Then Mephibosheth bowed and said,“Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”"
— 2 Samuel 9:8, NET Bible
“And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?”
“And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? ”
“He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"”
“He bowed down to him, and said: Who am I thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?”
“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?”
“And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?”
So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.
When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said,“Mephibosheth?” He replied,“Yes, at your service.”
David said to him,“Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. I will give back to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will be a regular guest at my table.”
Then Mephibosheth bowed and said,“Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?”
Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him,“Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.
You will cultivate the land for him– you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master’s grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.”(Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
Ziba said to the king,“Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David’s table, just as though he were one of the king’s sons.