English Standard Version
2 Samuel 22:27
27with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
2 Samuel 22:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- New International Version (NIV)to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
- New Living Translation (NLT)To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:27
25And the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. 26"With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. 28You save a humble people, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. 29For you are my lamp, O Lord, and my God lightens my darkness.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:27 word by word
עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:27
- Matthew 5:8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- Leviticus 26:23"And if by this discipline you are not turned to me but walk contrary to me,
- Deuteronomy 28:51It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people."
- Psalms 18:26with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
- Isaiah 45:9"Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
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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
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