7If he say thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.


In Context

4 Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.

5 And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at even.

6 If your father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

7 If he say thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

8 Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then would not I tell it you?

1 Samuel 20:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If he says, 'Very well,' then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If he say thus, [It is] well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, [then] be sure that evil is determined by him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If he shall say, It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:7If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:7If he shall say thus, It is well; thy servant will have peace: but if he shall be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:7If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:7If thus he say: Good; peace is for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him — know that the evil hath been determined by him;