Verse 29
1 Samuel 17:29
Bible in Basic English
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And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔ד מֶ֥ה עָשִׂ֖יתִי עָ֑תָּה הֲ/ל֖וֹא דָּבָ֥ר הֽוּא
English Translation
And David said, "What have I done now? Is there not a word?"
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Chapter 17 Context
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Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Jud...
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And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and p...
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The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other s...
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And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than si...
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And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of w...
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His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.
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The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shek...
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He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to m...
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If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am ab...
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And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we...
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And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.
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Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he...
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And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went...
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And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.
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Now David went to and from Saul, looking after his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
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And the Philistine came near every morning and evening for forty days.
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And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten...
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And take these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are and come...
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philisti...
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And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the thi...
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And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.
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And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the...
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And while he was talking to them, the fighter, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came out fro...
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And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.
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And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel:...
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And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and t...
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And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
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And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David,...
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And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?
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And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him t...
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And, hearing what David said, they gave Saul word of it: and he sent for him.
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And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go ou...
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And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him...
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And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear...
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I went out after him, and overcame him, and took it out of his mouth: and if, turning on me, he came...
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Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcisio...
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And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviou...
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Then Saul gave David his clothing of war, and put a head-dress of brass on his head and had him clot...
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And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go for...
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Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put th...
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And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.
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And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy...
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And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistin...
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And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the ai...
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Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come...
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This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off yo...
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And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and s...
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Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direc...
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And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at...
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So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and caus...
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So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover,...
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And the men of Israel and of Judah got up, and gave a cry, and went after the Philistines as far as...
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Then the children of Israel came back from going after the Philistines, and took their goods from th...
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And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put...
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And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army,...
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And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.
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And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with...
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And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your s...
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Verse Information
- Book
- 1 Samuel
- Chapter
- Chapter 17 (58 verses)
- Version
- Bible in Basic English