1 Samuel 17:29 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And David said: "What have I done? Is there any word against me?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And David said, What have I done now? Was it not a harmless question?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁹ “What did I do wrong this time?” David replied. “It was just a question!”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

English Standard Version 2016

²⁹ And David said, “What have I done now? Was it not but a word?”

1 Samuel 17:29 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 15:1

A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

1 Corinthians 2:15

But the spiritual nature of man judges all things, and he himself may be judged by no man.

1 Peter 3:9

not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.

1 Samuel 17:28

Now when Eliab, his eldest brother, had heard this, as he was speaking with the others, he became angry against David, and he said: "Why did you come here? And why did you leave behind those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart, that you have come down so that you might see the battle."

1 Samuel 17:30

And he turned away from him a little, toward another. And he asked the same question. And the people responded to him as before.