King James Version
1 Samuel 17:29 in the King James Version says “And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
1 Samuel 17:29 · KJV
And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. manner: Heb. word
And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. sent: Heb. took him
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“What have I now done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Is there not a cause”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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