1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, What have I now done? It is nothing but a word.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he was speaking unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why didst thou come down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumption, and the wickedness of thy heart; for in order to see the battle art thou come down.

30And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people made him again a reply after the former manner.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.

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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