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2 Kings 3:8

Why didst thou go in to my father's concubine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog's head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman?

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Quare ingressus es ad concubinam patris mei ? Qui iratus nimis propter verba Isboseth, ait : Numquid caput canis ego sum adversum Judam hodie, qui fecerim misericordiam super domum Saul patris tui, et super fratres et proximos ejus, et non tradidi te in manus David, et tu requisisti in me quod argueres pro muliere hodie ?
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ ἐθυμώθη σφόδρα Ἀβεννὴρ περὶ τοῦ λόγου Μεμφιβόσθε καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεννὴρ πρὸς αὐτόν Μὴ κεφαλὴ κυνὸς ἐγώ εἰμι; ἐποίησα ἔλεος σήμερον μετὰ τοῦ οἴκου Σαοὺλ τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ περὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ γνωρίμων, καὶ οὐκ ηὐτομόλησα εἰς τὸν οἶκον Δαυείδ· καὶ ἐπιζητεῖς ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ὑπὲρ ἀδικίας γυναικὸς σήμερον;
Hebrew (WLC): וַיִּחַר֩ לְאַבְנֵ֨ר מְאֹ֜ד עַל דִּבְרֵ֣י אִֽישׁ בֹּ֗שֶׁת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הֲרֹ֨אשׁ כֶּ֥לֶב אָנֹ֘כִי֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִֽיהוּדָה֒ הַיּ֨וֹם אֶֽעֱשֶׂה חֶ֜סֶד עִם בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֣וּל אָבִ֗יךָ אֶל אֶחָיו֙ וְאֶל מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ וְלֹ֥א הִמְצִיתִ֖ךָ בְּיַד דָּוִ֑ד וַתִּפְקֹ֥ד עָלַ֛י עֲוֺ֥ן הָאִשָּׁ֖ה הַיּֽוֹם

Haydock's commentary

Concubine. To marry the king's widow was deemed an attempt upon the throne, 3 Kings ii. 22. Hence Solomon was so displeased at Adonias, ver. 24. Some think that Isboseth formed the accusation on mere conjecture; but Abner does not deny the fact. (Calmet)

Dog's head: of no account, like a dead dog; (Haydock) or no better than a servant, who leads a dog. The Jews considered the dog as one of the vilest of animals, chap. ix. 8., and Job xxx. 1.

Juda. This word is neglected by the Septuagint. Some would substitute Liduth, "to be cast away." (Calmet)

God permits the defenders of a wrong cause to fall out, that the right one may be advanced. (Worthington)

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.