29David said, |What have I now done? Is there not a cause?|


In Context

26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, |What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?|

27 The people answered him in this way, saying, |So shall it be done to the man who kills him.|

28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, |Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.|

29 David said, |What have I now done? Is there not a cause?|

30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.

31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

1 Samuel 17:29 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:29"Now what have I done?" said David. "Can't I even speak?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said: What have I done? is there not cause to speak?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? Was it not laid upon me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:29And David saith, 'What have I done now? is it not a word?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:29And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?