If he says, ‘All right,’ you will know that he will not hurt me. But if he gets angry, you will know that he wants to kill me.” (We have not yet translated 20:8-23.)
But as soon as Saul heard that, he suddenly threw his spear at his son. He meant to kill him dead, but he missed. So then Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.
This boss of ours has made trouble for us now. Something really bad might happen to us here. Can you do something about it? He’s no good. I can’t talk to him at all.”