1 Samuel 17:29

29 Respondeu Davi: Que fiz eu agora? porventura não há razão para isso?

1 Samuel 17:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 17:29

And David said, what have I now done?
&c.] That is criminal and blameworthy; as if he should say, I have only expressed an indignation against this uncircumcised Philistine, and a concern for the glory of God, and the honour of the people of Israel:

[is there] not a cause?
either for his coming to the camp, being sent by his father; or of his expressing himself with indignation at the Philistine's defiance of the armies of Israel. Some take the sense to be, that he had done nothing, he had not committed any fact; it was mere words what he had said, he had attempted nothing, and therefore there was no reason to bear so hard upon him; to this purpose is the Targum,

``what have I done as yet? is it not a word "only" which I have spoken?''

but the former sense seems best.

1 Samuel 17:29 In-Context

27 E o povo lhe repetiu aquela palavra, dizendo: Assim se fará ao homem que o matar.

28 Eliabe, seu irmão mais velho, ouviu-o quando falava �queles homens; pelo que se acendeu a sua ira contra Davi, e disse: Por que desceste aqui, e a quem deixaste aquelas poucas ovelhas no deserto? Eu conheço a tua presunção, e a maldade do teu coração; pois desceste para ver a peleja.

29 Respondeu Davi: Que fiz eu agora? porventura não há razão para isso?

30 E virou-se dele para outro, e repetiu as suas perguntas; e o povo lhe respondeu como da primeira vez.

31 Então, ouvidas as palavras que Davi falara, foram elas referidas a Saul, que mandou chamá-lo.