Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 17:29
1 Samuel 17:29 is verse 29 of 1 Samuel chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
King James Version
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
World English Bible
David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
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1 Samuel 17:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible
27 The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
29 “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
30 Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
31 Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who called for him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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 took issue with him
Acts 11:3and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Acts 11:4But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
1 Corinthians 2:15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.