World English Bible
"He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?""
— 2 Samuel 9:8, World English 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? ”
“Then Mephibosheth bowed and said,“Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?””
“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?”
Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said, "Mephibosheth." He answered, "Behold, your servant!"
David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You shall eat bread at my table continually."
He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, "All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son.
You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons.