If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
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If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 20:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
- Esther 7:7 The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:23 The thing pleased me well. I took twelve of your men, one man for every tribe.
- 1 Samuel 20:9 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?”
- 2 Samuel 17:4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 20:7 If he say thus, [It is] well;…
1Sa 20:7 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.
Ver. 7. But if he be very wroth.] The Rabbis have a saying, that three ways men discover their dispositions - viz., bekis, bekos, becagnash, in their purses, cups, and passions.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Then be sure, Heb. know thou; for indeed David…
Then be sure, Heb. know thou; for indeed David knew well enough that Saul designed to kill him.; but he useth this course for Jonathan’s information and satisfaction, and for his own greater vindication, if he did wholly withdraw himself from Saul, and from his wife; which he foresaw he should be forced to do.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If he say thus, it is well,.... It is…
If he say thus, it is well,.... It is very well, it is very good and right in him to do so:
thy servant shall have peace; it will be a token that the wrath of the king was removed, and that his mind was well disposed towards David, and things had taken an happy turn, and would issue in his peace and prosperity:
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but if he be very wroth; with Jonathan for giving leave, and with David for going away:
then be sure that evil is determined by him; that he has a settled obstinate malice in his heart, which is become implacable and inveterate, and confirmed in him; and that it is a determined point with him to slay David if possible, which he hoped to have an opportunity of doing at that time in which he was disappointed, and caused such wrath in him.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Height. Hebrew, "the evil is completed (or resolved upon)…
Height. Hebrew, "the evil is completed (or resolved upon) by him." (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).