1 Samuel 20:7

7 Si él dice: «¡Está bien!», sabrás que todo realmente está bien; pero si se enoja y pierde los estribos, sabrás que está decidido a matarme.

1 Samuel 20:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:7

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:

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.

1 Samuel 20:7 In-Context

5 —Mañana celebraremos el festival de luna nueva —respondió David—. Siempre he comido con el rey en esa ocasión, pero mañana me esconderé en el campo y me quedaré allí hasta la tarde del tercer día.

6 Si tu padre pregunta dónde estoy, dile que pedí permiso para ir a mi casa en Belén para un sacrificio anual que celebra mi familia.

7 Si él dice: «¡Está bien!», sabrás que todo realmente está bien; pero si se enoja y pierde los estribos, sabrás que está decidido a matarme.

8 Muéstrame la lealtad de quien juró ser mi amigo —porque hicimos un pacto solemne delante del Señor
— o mátame tú mismo si he pecado contra tu padre. ¡Pero te ruego que no me traiciones entregándome a él!

9 —¡Jamás! —exclamó Jonatán—. Tú sabes que si tuviera la menor idea de que mi padre pensara matarte, te lo diría de inmediato.