1 Samuel 20:7

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

In context

5 So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

6 If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

8 Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

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1 Samuel 20:7 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
KJV King James Version: If 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.
WEB World English Bible: If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
ASV American Standard Version: If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: If 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;
DBY Darby Translation: If 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.
WBS Webster Bible: If 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.