| 1 Samuel 17:29 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?" (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | "What have I done now?" David snapped at him. "Didn't I merely ask a question?"(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? |
| ASV: | And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? |
| BBE: | And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word? |
| DBY: | And David said, What have I now done? Was it not laid upon me? |
| ERV: | And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? |
| JPS: | And David said: 'What have I now done? Was it not but a word?' |
| WBS: | And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? |
| WEB: | David said, "What have I now done? Is there not a cause?" |
| YLT: | And David saith, 'What have I done now? is it not a word?' |
| 1 Samuel 17:29 Cross References |
| XREF: | 1 Samuel 17:28 Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."
1 Samuel 17:30 Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a {i} cause?
(i) For his father's sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God's Spirit. |
| WES: | 17:29 A cause - Of my thus speaking? Is this giant invincible? Is our God unable to oppose him, and subdue him? However David is not deterred from his undertaking, by the hard words of Eliab. They that undertake public services must not think it strange, if they be opposed by those from whom they had reason to expect assistance, but must humbly go on with their work, in the face, not only of their enemies threats, but of their friends slights, suspicions, and censures. |
| MHC: | 17:12-30 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 David's meekness, patience, and constancy. He had right and reason on his side, and did not render railing for railing; with a soft answer he turned away his brother's wrath. This conquest of his own passion was more honourable than that of Goliath. Those who undertake great and public services, must not think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with their work, in the face not only of enemies' threats, but of friends' slights and suspicions. |
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