American Standard Version
1 Samuel 17:29
29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
1 Samuel 17:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
- New International Version (NIV)“Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And David said, "What have I done now? Was it not but a word?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?”
Context of 1 Samuel 17:29
27And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 30And he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. 31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
Read all of 1 Samuel 171 Samuel 17:29 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי עָ֑תָּה הֲל֖וֹא דָּבָ֥ר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:29
- Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
- Acts 11:2And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
- 1 Corinthians 2:15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.
- 1 Peter 3:9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Is there not a cause? - הוא דבר הלוא halo dabar hu . I believe the meaning is what several of the versions express: I have spoken but a word. And should a man be made an offender for a word?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Is there not a cause? - i. e., is not Saul‘s promise, and the insolence of Goliath, a sufficent cause for what I am about to do?Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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