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2 Samuel 19:26

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

KJV

Et respondens ait : Domine mi rex, servus meus contempsit me : dixique ei ego famulus tuus ut sterneret mihi asinum, et ascendens abirem cum rege : claudus enim sum servus tuus.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Μεμφιβόσθε Κύριέ μου βασιλεῦ, ὁ δοῦλός σου παρελογίσατό με· ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ παῖς σου αὐτῷ Ἐπίσαξόν μοι τὴν ὄνον καὶ ἐπιβῶ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ πορεύσομαι μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὅτι χωλὸς ὁ δοῦλός σου.

LXX

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֛י כִּי בָ֥א יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לִ/קְרַ֣את הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ל/וֹ֙ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לָ֛/מָּה לֹא הָלַ֥כְתָּ עִמִּ֖/י מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
verb · 100×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְפִיבֹֽשֶׁת
mpybsht
proper_noun · 17×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 9:3 — And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
  • 2Sam 9:11 — Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the ki
  • 2Sam 19:17 — And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
  • Prov 30:10 — Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.