• 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
    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.