1 Samuel 17:29

And David saith, 'What have I done now? is it not a word?'

Young's Literal Translation

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, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, 'Why [is] this — thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart — for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'

30And he turneth round from him unto another, and saith according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word.

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Cross References

Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

1 Corinthians 2:15and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;

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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