1 Samuel 17:29

And David said: What have I done? is there not cause to speak?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 heard this, when he was speaking with others, he was angry with David, and said: Why earnest thou hither? and why didst thou leave those few sheep in the desert? I know thy pride, and the wickedness of thy heart: that thou art come down to see the battle.

30And he turned a little aside from him to another: and said the same word. And the people answered him as before.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

1 Corinthians 2:15But the spiritual man judgeth all things; and he himself is judged of 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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