1 Samuel 20:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.”
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“If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If thus he say: Good; peace <FI>is<Fi> for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him--know that the evil hath been determined by him;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 20:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
- 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?”
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now 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!”
- 2 Samuel 17:4This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
- Esther 7:7In 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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