• 1 Samuel 17:28
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 28 When his oldest brother E·liʹab+ heard him speak to the men, he became angry with David and said: “Why have you come down? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness?+ I well know your presumptuousness and the bad intentions of your heart; you came down just to see the battle.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:28
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 28 And E·liʹab+ his oldest brother got to hear as he spoke to the men, and E·liʹab’s anger grew hot against David,+ so that he said: “Why is it that you have come down? And in whose charge did you leave those few sheep behind in the wilderness?+ I myself well know your presumptuousness and the badness of your heart,+ because you have come down for the purpose of seeing the battle.”+

  • 1 Samuel 17:28
    The Bible in Living English

    • 28 And his oldest brother Eliab heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab was angry at David, and said “What did you come down for, and whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness with? I know your headstrongness and cantankerousness, that it was in order to see the fighting you came down.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:28
    American Standard Version

    • 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 art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

  • 1 Samuel 17:28
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 28 Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men,—then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he said—Wherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for to see the battle hast thou come down.

  • 1 Samuel 17:28
    King James Version

    • 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.