2 Samuel 22:23

2 Samuel 22:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
• New International Version (NIV)All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:23

21Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 25Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

2 Samuel 22:23 word by word

כִּ֥י כָל־מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear

• ordinancesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:23

• Psalms 119:6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
• Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
• Deuteronomy 6:1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;
• Deuteronomy 7:12And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers:
• Psalms 19:8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Psalms 119:13With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
• Deuteronomy 8:11Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:23

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24David wrote these words long before his sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 22:1). His statement about being blameless does not mean he was perfect. He was just saying he had kept the covenant and followed its law.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 22:23

• Decision
• Faithfulness

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings