God’s Word Translation
1 Samuel 17:29
29“What have I done now?” David snapped at him. “Didn’t I ⌞merely⌟ ask a question?”
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
27The soldiers repeated ⌞to David⌟ how the man who kills Goliath would be treated. 28Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. Then Eliab became angry with David. “Why did you come here,” he asked him, “and with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how overconfident and headstrong you are. You came here just to see the battle.” “What have I done now?” David snapped at him. “Didn’t I ⌞merely⌟ ask a question?” 30He turned to face another man and asked the same question, and the other soldiers gave him the same answer. 31What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, who then 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:29
- Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away rage, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Acts 11:2However, when Peter went to Jerusalem, the believers who insisted on circumcision began to argue with him.
- 1 Corinthians 2:15Spiritual people evaluate everything but are subject to no one’s evaluation.
- 1 Peter 3:9Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to 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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