²⁸ Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s ^(A)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

²⁹ And David said, “What have I done now? ^(B)Is^[a] there not a cause?” ³⁰ Then he turned from him toward another and ^(C)said the same thing; and these people answered him as the first ones did.

³¹ Now when the words which David spoke were heard, they reported them to Saul; and he sent for him. ³² Then David said to Saul, ^(D)“Let no man’s heart fail because of him; ^(E)your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

³³ And Saul said to David, ^(F)“You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”