1 Samuel 17:29

And David said what have I done now? + 17:29 Gr. is there not a word? Have I no business here?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry with David and said, Why have you thus come down, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the naughtiness of your heart, for you are come down to see the battle.

30And he turned from him towards another, and he spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him + 17:30 Lit. according to the word of the first. after the former manner.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs 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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