1 Samuel 17:29

1 Samuel 17:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
• 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?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”

Context of 1 Samuel 17:29

27They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.” 28When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.” “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?” 30He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before. 31What David said was overheard and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him.

1 Samuel 17:29 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי עָ֑תָּה הֲל֖וֹא דָּבָ֥ר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• What have I now doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• not a causeדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:29

• Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
• Acts 11:2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him
• 1 Corinthians 2:15The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,
• 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may 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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:29

• Armies
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In the dictionaries

• David
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• Naughtiness
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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