Lexham English Bible

1 Samuel 17:27-31 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27. And the troops had spoken to him according to this word, saying, “So it will be done for the man who defeats him.”

28. His oldest brother Eliab heard while he was speaking to the men, and Eliab became very angry against David and said, “Why have you come down today, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumptuousness and the evil of your heart! For you have come down in order to see the battle!”

29. David replied, “What have I done now? I merely asked a question!

30. He turned around from him to another opposite him and he spoke to him in the same way, and the people answered him as before.

31. Now the words which David had spoken were heard and they reported them to Saul, and he summoned him.