1 Samuel 17:29

“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

30Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

1 Corinthians 2:15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

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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