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1 Samuel 17:27-29
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 17:27-29
1599 Geneva Bible
27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, Thus shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men, and Eliab was very angry with David, and said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come down to see the battle.
29 Then David said, What have I now done? Is there not a [a]cause?
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- 1 Samuel 17:29 For his father’s sending was a just occasion, and also he felt himself inwardly moved by God’s Spirit.
1 Samuel 17:27-29
New International Version
1 Samuel 17:27-29
New International Version
27 They repeated to him what they had been saying and told him, “This is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger(A) 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.”
29 “Now what have I done?” said David. “Can’t I even speak?”
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