2 Samuel 1:16 “For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head b…”

2 Samuel 1:16

For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.’”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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Cross references

“Thy blood”

Matthew 27:25 Leviticus 20:9 1 Samuel 26:9 Joshua 2:19 1 Kings 2:37 Leviticus 20:11–13

Matthew 27:25 · BSB

All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Leviticus 20:9 · BSB

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

1 Samuel 26:9 · BSB

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

Joshua 2:19 · BSB

If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

1 Kings 2:37 · BSB

On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”

Leviticus 20:11–13 · BSB

If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

“mouth”

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

Luke 19:22 · BSB

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

2 Samuel 1:10 · BSB

So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

Proverbs 6:2 · BSB

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Job 15:6 · BSB

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Also

2 Samuel 3:28–29

2 Samuel 3:28–29 · BSB

Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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

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