Skip to main content
bible.reafit.ai
1 Samuel 17:281Sam.17.28

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Eliab, son frère aîné, qui l'avait entendu parler à ces hommes, fut enflammé de colère contre David. Et il dit: Pourquoi es-tu descendu, et à qui as-tu laissé ce peu de brebis dans le désert? Je connais ton orgueil et la malice de ton coeur. C'est pour voir la bataille que tu es descendu.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

1
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    sti pauculas oves in deserto? Ego novi superbiam cordis tui, quia, ut videres praelium descendisti (I Reg. XVII, 28) .» Itaque licet fratres septem habuerim, tamen unicus fui, quia indignum fraternitate sua reputaverunt, qui me despexerunt, et quasi nullum reputaverunt. Unde me…

Go deeper

For an immersive study of 1 Samuel 17:28 — meditation, lectio divina, exegesis, theology — discover Open Study Bible.

Full study