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.'


In Context

13 And David saith unto the youth who is declaring it to him, 'Whence art thou?' and he saith, 'Son of a sojourner, an Amalekite, I am.'

14 And David saith unto him, 'How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?'

15 And David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, 'Draw nigh — fall upon him;' and he smiteth him, and he dieth;

16 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.'

17 And David lamenteth with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son;

18 and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: —

2 Samuel 1:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16For 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.' "

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 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.