2 Samuel 1:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ David said to him, “Your blood is on your own head, for your mouth testified against you saying, ‘I killed Adonai’s anointed.’”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ David said to [the fallen man], Your blood be upon your own head; for you have testified against yourself, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Your blood is on your own head,” David said to the Amalekite, “because your own mouth testified against you when you admitted, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And David said to him: "Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has spoken against you, saying: 'I have killed the Christ of the Lord.' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And 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.

2 Samuel 1:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:10

So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew he couldn’t survive after he had fallen. Then I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and brought them here—to my lord.”

2 Samuel 16:8

Adonai has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you’ve reigned. Adonai has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom—so see, your own evil has overtaken you, because you are a man of bloodshed.”

1 Kings 2:37

For on the day you go out and cross over the Kidron valley, know for certain that you shall surely die—your blood shall be on your own head.”

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you—not I; your own lips testify against you.

Proverbs 6:2

if you are trapped by your own words, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Ezekiel 18:13

loaned with interest and taken unjust gain. Will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these detestable things. He will surely be put to death and his blood will be on him.

Ezekiel 33:5

He heard the sound of the shofar and ignored the warning; his blood will be on himself. However, if he had taken warning, he would have saved his soul.

Leviticus 20:16

If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal. They should surely be put to death, and their blood should be on them.

Leviticus 20:27

“A man or a woman who is a medium or is a soothsayer should surely be put to death. They should stone them with rocks, and their blood should be on them.’”

Leviticus 20:9

“Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him.

Matthew 27:25

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

Luke 19:22

He said to him, ‘By the words of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked slave! You knew that I am strict, taking what I did not make and reaping what I did not sow?

Acts 18:6

But when they resisted and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said, “Your blood be upon your own heads—I am clean! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 20:26

Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent blood will not be shed within your land that Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance, and there would be blood upon you.

Joshua 2:19

whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head and we will be innocent, but whoever is with you in the house, his blood will be on our head if any hand is laid on him.

Judges 9:24

in order that the violence done to Jerubbaal’s 70 sons might come due, so their blood might be laid on their brother Abimelech who slew them, and on the lords of Shechem who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be Adonai who took the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal, yet has restrained His servant from evil! Adonai has returned Nabal’s vileness on his own head.” Then David sent word and proposed to Abigail to take her as his wife.

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! For who can lay his hand on Adonai’s anointed and be guiltless?”