1 Samuel 17:29

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

28Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men,—then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he said—Wherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I, know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for, to see the battle, hast thou come down.

30Then turned he from him unto another, and said—according to this word,—and the people returned him an answer, like the first.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer, turneth away wrath, but a cutting word raiseth anger.

1 Corinthians 2:15But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.

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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