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.


In Context

4 Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you want me to do, I'll do for you."

5 So David said, "Look, tomorrow is the New Moon festival, and I am supposed to dine with the king; but let me go and hide in the field until the evening of the day after tomorrow.

6 If your father misses me at all, tell him, 'David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.'

7 If 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.

8 As for you, show kindness to your servant, for you have brought him into a covenant with you before the Lord . If I am guilty, then kill me yourself! Why hand me over to your father?"

9 "Never!" Jonathan said. "If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?"

1st Samuel 20:7 in Other Translations

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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:7If 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.