16For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the Lord 's anointed.' "


In Context

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite," he answered.

14 David asked him, "Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord 's anointed?"

15 Then David called one of his men and said, "Go, strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died.

16 For David had said to him, "Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, 'I killed the Lord 's anointed.' "

17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

18 and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):

2nd Samuel 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16David said to him, |Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16And 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.