9th May 2016
“Him that pisseth against the wall!”
- Dave (Amongst Others)
1 Samuel 25:22, 34
1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21
2 Kings 9:8
(KJV)
1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21
2 Kings 9:8
(KJV)
This is another gem from 1611’s monarch-commissioned English translation, the KJV.
Usually referring to a group of men facing imminent slaughter, most modern English translations translate this phrase as “all the males” (with perhaps a micturational footnote), which is what it essentially means. But I feel that really takes away all the poetry of it.
Thanks, King James.