2SA 1:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Your blood’s on your own head,” David told the Amalekite, “because you admitted in your own words that you, yourself killed Yahweh’s anointed one.”

1:16 Variant note: דמי/ך: (x-qere) ’דָּמְ/ךָ֖’: lemma_1818 n_1.0 morph_HNcmsc/Sp2ms id_10sYp דָּמְ/ךָ֖

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ, τὸ αἷμά σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου, ὅτι τὸ στόμα σου ἀπεκρίθη κατὰ σοῦ, λέγον, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐθανάτωσα τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου.
(Kai eipe pros auton Dawid, to haima sou epi taʸn kefalaʸn sou, hoti to stoma sou apekrithaʸ kata sou, legon, hoti egō ethanatōsa ton ⱪriston Kuriou. )

BrTr And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thine own head; for thy mouth has [fn]testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

ULT And David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, because your mouth answered against you, saying, ‘I myself killed the anointed one of Yahweh.’ ”

UST You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have made yourself guilty; you deserve to die!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him.

BSB 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.’ ”

OEB And David said to him, ‘Your blood be upon your head, for your own mouth testified against you, when you said, “I have slain Jehovah’s anointed.” ’

WEBBE 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.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET 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.’ ”

LSV and 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.”

FBV David had told the Amalekite, “Your death is your own fault because you testified against yourself when you said, ‘I killed the Lord's anointed one.’ ”

T4T You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him with a sword.

LEB David said to him, “Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you by saying, ‘I killed Yahweh’s anointed one!’ ”
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BBE 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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JPS 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.'

ASV 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.

DRA 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.

YLT 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.'

Drby 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.

RV 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.

Wbstr And 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy/your head; for thy/your mouth hath/has testified against thee/you, saying, I have slain/killed the LORD’s anointed. )

KJB-1611 And Dauid said vnto him, Thy blood be vpon thy head: for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I haue slaine the LORDs Annoynted.
(And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy/your head: for thy/your mouth hath/has testified against thee/you, saying, I have slain/killed the LORDs Anointed.)

Bshps 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.
(Then said David unto him, Thy blood be upon thine/your own head: For thine/your own mouth hath/has testified against thee/you, saying, I have slain/killed the lords anointed.)

Gnva 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.
(Then said David unto him, Thy blood be upon thine/your own head: for thine/your own mouth hath/has testified against thee/you, saying, I have slain/killed the Lords Anoynted. )

Cvdl 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.
(Then said David unto him: Thy blood be upon thine/your own head. For thy/your mouth hath/has spoken against thyselfe and said: I have slain/killed the anointed of the LORD.)

Wycl And Dauid seide to hym, Thi blood be on thin heed; for thi mouth spak ayens thee, and seide, Y killide the crist of the Lord.
(And David said to him, Thi blood be on thine/your head; for thy/your mouth spake against thee/you, and said, I killed the crist of the Lord.)

Luth Da sprach David zu ihm: Dein Blut sei über deinem Kopf; denn dein Mund hat wider dich selbst geredet und gesprochen: Ich habe den Gesalbten des HErr’s getötet.
(So spoke David to him: Dein blood be above your Kopf; because your Mund has against you/yourself himself/itself geredet and gesprochen: I have the Gesalbten the LORD’s getötet.)

ClVg Et ait ad eum David: Sanguis tuus super caput tuum: os enim tuum locutum est adversum te, dicens: Ego interfeci christum Domini.
(And he_said to him David: Sanguis tuus over caput tuum: os because your locutum it_is adversum you(sg), saying: I interfeci christum Master. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Your blood

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Dāvid blood,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head,your that/for/because/then/when mouth,your_own testified in=you(ms) to=say I killed DOM anointed YHWH )

Here “blood” is a metonym that implies “shed blood” and is associated with death. Alternate translation: “Your death”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַל־רֹאשֶׁ֑⁠ךָ

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head,your

Here “your head” is a synecdoche referring to the man and means that he is responsible. Alternate translation: “is your fault”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

פִ֗י⁠ךָ

mouth,your_own

Here “your own mouth” refers to the man himself. Alternate translation: “you yourself”

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