2 Samuel 1:16

2 Samuel 1:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

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.’ ”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

16And David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have finished off the Lords anointed.’ ”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

16David 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 Lords anointed.’ ”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

16For 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.’”

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American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

16Then 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.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

16David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

16That’s because David had said to him, “Anything that happens to you will be your own fault. What your own mouth has spoken is a witness against you. You said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed king.’ ”

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

16David had said to the Amalekite, ‘You deserve to die because of what you have said. Your own words show that you did a bad thing. You yourself said, “I have killed the Lord's chosen king.” ’

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

16and David says to him, “Your blood [is] on your own head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I put to death the anointed of YHWH.”

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