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1 Samuel 20:7

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.’

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
KJV
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
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
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
If thus he says: ‘Good,’ your servant will be safe. But if he is enraged, [then] be sure that evil is determined by him.
ÅB
Dersom han da sier så: Det er godt - da kan din tjener være trygg; men dersom hans vrede tennes opp, så kan du være sikker på at det er hans faste forsett å gjøre noe ondt.
OTB
Hvis han sier: 'Det er godt,' vil din tjener være trygg; men hvis han blir sint, vet at han har bestemt seg for å skade meg.
B1930
Dersom han da sier så: Det er godt - da kan din tjener være trygg; men dersom hans vrede optendes, så kan du være viss på at det er hans faste forsett å gjøre noget ondt.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:17

    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

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  • Esther 7:7

    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:23

    The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:9

    “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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  • 2 Samuel 17:4

    This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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