1 Samuel 25:41
Good News Translation
Abigail bowed down to the ground and said, "I am his servant, ready to wash the feet of his servants."

New Revised Standard Version
She rose and bowed down, with her face to the ground, and said, “Your servant is a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

Contemporary English Version
She bowed down and said, "I would willingly be David's slave and wash his servants' feet."

New American Bible
Rising and bowing to the ground, she answered, “Let your maidservant be the slave who washes the feet of my lord’s servants.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

thine

Ruth 2:10,13 She fell on her face, and worshipping upon the ground, said to him: Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes, and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me, a woman of another country? . . .

Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.

Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

to wash

Genesis 18:4 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.

John 13:3-5 Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands and that he came from God and goeth to God, . . .

1 Timothy 5:10 Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Context
David Marries Abigail
40And David's servants came to Abigail, to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife. 41And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth, and said: Behold, let thy servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.42And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got upon an ass, and five damsels went with her, her waiting maids, and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.…
Cross References
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

1 Samuel 25:23
And when Abigail saw David, she made haste and lighted off the ass, and fell before David, on her face, and adored upon the ground.

1 Samuel 25:40
And David's servants came to Abigail, to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying: David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:40
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