King James Version
1 Samuel 20:7 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 20:7 · KJV
And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. sacrifice: or, feast
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.
Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“thus It is well”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“shall have peace”
H7965safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“but if he be very”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
“but if he be very”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
“then be sure”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is determined”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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