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


In Context

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

5 David said to Jonathan, |Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.

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

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

8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?|

9 Jonathan said, |Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?|

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 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.