1 Samuel 17:29

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

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”

30He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 2:15But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is to be judged by no one.

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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