2 Samuel 1:16

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And David said unto him, Thy blood, be upon thine own head, - for, thine own mouth, hath testified against thee, saying, I myself, put to death the Anointed of Yahweh.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood is on your own head because your own mouth testified against you by saying, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”

Hebrew Names Version
David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.

King James Version
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord 's anointed.

Lexham English Bible
David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, ‘I killed Yahweh's anointed one!'"

English Standard Version
And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'"

New Century Version
David had said to the Amalekite, "You are responsible for your own death. You confessed by saying, ‘I have killed the Lord 's appointed king.'"

New English Translation
David said to him, "Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying ‘I have put the Lord 's anointed to death.'"

Amplified Bible
David said to the [fallen] man, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.'"

New American Standard Bible
And David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have finished off the LORD'S anointed.'"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thine owne head: for thine owne mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the Lords Anoynted.

Legacy Standard Bible
And David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has answered against you, saying, ‘I have put the anointed of Yahweh to death.'"

Complete Jewish Bible
David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head. Your own mouth convicted you when you said, ‘I killed Adonai 's anointed.'"

Darby Translation
And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

George Lamsa Translation
And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, for you have said, I have slain the LORDS anointed.

Good News Translation
and David said to the Amalekite, "You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the Lord chose to be king."

Literal Translation
And David said to him, Your blood be on your own head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I caused to die the anointed of Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Dauid vnto him: Thy bloude be vpon thyne owne heade. For thy mouth hath spoken against thyselfe and sayde: I haue slayne the anoynted of the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

Bible in Basic English
And David said to him, May your blood be on your head; for your mouth has given witness against you, saying, I have put to death the man marked with the holy oil.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then said Dauid vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thyne owne head: For thyne owne mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slayne the lordes annoynted.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David said unto him: 'Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying: I have slain the LORD'S anointed.'

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid said vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thy head: for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the Lords Annoynted.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

English Revised Version
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD’S anointed.

Berean Standard Bible
For David had said to the Amalekite, "Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth testified against you, saying, 'I killed the LORD's anointed.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid seide to hym, Thi blood be on thin heed; for thi mouth spak ayens thee, and seide, Y killide the crist of the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
and David saith unto him, `Thy blood [is] on thine own head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I -- I put to death the anointed of Jehovah.'

Update Bible Version
And David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David said to him, Thy blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

World English Bible
David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.

New King James Version
So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, "I have killed the LORD's anointed."'

New Living Translation
"You have condemned yourself," David said, "for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord 's anointed one."

New Life Bible
David said to him, "Your blood is on your head. Because your mouth has spoken against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord's chosen one.'"

New Revised Standard
David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord’s anointed.

Revised Standard Version
And David said to him, "Your blood be upon your head; for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain the LORD'S anointed.'"

THE MESSAGE
"You asked for it," David told him. "You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed God 's anointed king."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.'"

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent them, - yea moreover, so did all the men who were with him. ¹² And they lamented aloud, and wept, and fasted until the evening, - for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. ¹³ And David said unto the young man who was telling him, Whence art thou? And he said, Son of a sojourner - an Amalekite, am I. ¹⁴ And David said unto him, - How wast thou not afraid to thrust forth thy hand, to destroy the Anointed of Yahweh? ¹⁵ So David called one of the young men, and said, - Go near - fall upon him. And he smote him, that he died. ¹⁶ And David said unto him, Thy blood, be upon thine own head, - for, thine own mouth, hath testified against thee, saying, I myself, put to death the Anointed of Yahweh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy blood: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Leviticus 20:9, Leviticus 20:11-13, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 20:27, Deuteronomy 19:10, Joshua 2:19, Judges 9:24, 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Kings 2:32, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:37, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 33:5, Matthew 27:25, Acts 20:26

mouth: 2 Samuel 1:10, Job 15:6, Proverbs 6:2, Luke 19:22, Romans 3:19

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:26 - conceal 1 Samuel 26:11 - that I should 2 Samuel 3:29 - rest 2 Samuel 16:8 - the blood 2 Samuel 18:13 - wrought Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood Hosea 12:14 - therefore Acts 18:6 - Your

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the expanse, heavens. So it was evening - and it was morning, a, second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said - Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry - ground appear. And it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the land brought-forth vegetation - herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said - Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, - and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

Deuteronomy 4:19
or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars - all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them, - the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;

Job 31:26
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

Psalms 19:6
From one end of the heavens, is his going forth, and, his circuit, to the other end thereof - and, nothing, is hid from his glowing heat.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David said unto him, thy blood [be] upon thy head,.... The blood that he had shed, let him suffer for it; for as he had shed blood, his blood ought to be shed, according to the law of God; and for proof of this, that he had so done, he appeals to his own confession:

for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed; and what might serve to confirm the truth of what he had said were the crown and bracelet which he brought along with him; and besides he was an Amalekite, of a nation that was devoted to destruction; and, as Abarbinel thinks, David might suppose that he killed Saul to take vengeance on him for what he had done to their nation; but, after all, both he and Maimonides n allow the punishment of him was not strictly according to law, but was a temporary decree, an extraordinary case, and an act of royal authority; for in common cases a man was not to be condemned and put to death upon his own confession, since it is possible he may not be in his right mind o; but David chose to exercise severity in this case, partly to show his respect to Saul, and to ingratiate himself into the favour of his friends, and partly to deter men from attempting to assassinate princes, who himself was now about to ascend the throne.

n Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 18. sect. 6. o T. Bab. Yehamot, fol. 25. 2. Maimon. ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David might well think his sentence just though severe, for he had more than once expressed the deliberate opinion that none could lift up his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless (see 1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9, 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:16).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 1:16. Thy blood be upon thy head — If he killed Saul, as he said he did, then he deserved death; at that time it was not known to the contrary, and this man was executed on his own confession.