Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

I thy servant will go on a little way from the Jordan with thee: I need not this recompense.

As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

I, your servant, shall proceed a little ways from the Jordan with you. I am not in need of this recompense.

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king,.... That is, go a little way after he was over Jordan with him, and then return to his own city:
and why should the king recompense it with such a reward? the sense is, why should the king recompense so trifling a thing as I have done, and which was but my duty, with such a reward, as to maintain me in so grand a manner at his court?