1 Samuel 20:7
1 Samuel chapter 20 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.
Context
v.6If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
v.7This passage
v.8Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of Jehovah with thee: but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:23
And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
- Esther 7:7
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
- 1 Samuel 20:9
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
- 2 Samuel 17:4
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.