2 Samuel 1:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ דָּוִ֔ד *דמיך **דָּמְךָ֖ עַל־רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ כִּ֣י פִ֗יךָ עָנָ֤ה בְךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אָנֹכִ֥י מֹתַ֖תִּי אֶת־מְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to him dāwid, 'dāmkā on rōʾšekā, for pîkā ʿānâ against you saying, ʾānōkî mōtattî ʾet-məšîaḥ YHWH.'

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *dāmkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your blood
• *rōʾšekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your head
• *pîkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth
• *ʿānâ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it testified/answered
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *mōtattî*: polel perfect, 1st person singular - I killed
• *məšîaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - anointed of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

• *dāmkā ʿal-rōʾšekā*: your blood [be] on your head/your blood-guilt [is] on your own head
• *pîkā ʿānâ bəkā*: your mouth has testified against you/your own words condemn you
• *mōtattî*: I killed/I put to death
• *məšîaḥ YHWH*: the LORD's anointed/YHWH's anointed one

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  David said to him, 'Your blood is on your own head, because your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD's anointed.’'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} said{H559} unto him, Thy blood{H1818} be upon thy head;{H7218} for thy mouth{H6310} hath testified{H6030} against thee, saying,{H559} I have slain{H4191} Jehovah's{H3068} anointed.{H4899}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thy blood{H1818} be upon thy head{H7218}; for thy mouth{H6310} hath testified{H6030}{(H8804)} against thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, I have slain{H4191}{(H8790)} the LORD'S{H3068} anointed{H4899}.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  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.

• Bishops' 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.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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 (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (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.’”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
• Luke 19:22 : 22 And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.
• 1 Kgs 2:37 : 37 For it shall be that on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, you shall know certainly that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.
• Lev 20:9 : 9 For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• 1 Sam 26:9 : 9 And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
• 2 Sam 1:10 : 10 So I stood upon him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
• Josh 2:19 : 19 And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
• Judg 9:24 : 24 So that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be avenged, and their blood be upon Abimelech their brother who killed them, and upon the men of Shechem who aided him in the killing of his brothers.
• Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man. 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
• 2 Sam 3:28-29 : 28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
• 1 Kgs 2:32-33 : 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord.
• Lev 20:11-13 : 11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
• Lev 20:16 : 16 And if a woman approaches any beast and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
• Lev 20:27 : 27 A man or woman who has a familiar spirit, or who is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
• Deut 19:10 : 10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.
• Job 15:6 : 6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.
• Prov 6:2 : 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth, you are taken by the words of your mouth.
• Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
• Ezek 33:5 : 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he who takes warning shall save his soul.
• Acts 20:26 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.