1 Samuel 17:29

And David said: “What have I done? Is there any word against me?”

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In The King James Version

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

In Context

28Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: “Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle.”

30And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

1 Corinthians 2:15But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 17:13-31

David Comes to the Camp of Israel. ( b. c. 1060.) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and… Read the whole commentary →

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