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1 Samuel 17:29 · KJV

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

— 1 Samuel 17:29

Verse 28

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Verse 30

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. {manner: Heb. word}

1 Samuel 17 — Context

27

And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

28

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

29

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

30

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. {manner: Heb. word}

31

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed {them} before Saul: and he sent for him. {sent...: Heb. took him}

Cross References

1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

1 Corinthians 2:15

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. {judgeth: or, discerneth} {judged: or, discerned}

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Acts 11:2-4

And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

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