God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 22:27
27with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:27
25The Lord paid me back because of my righteousness, because he can see that I am clean. 26⌞In dealing⌟ with faithful people you are faithful, with innocent warriors you are innocent, with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever. 28You save humble people, but your eyes bring down arrogant people. 29O Lord, you are my lamp. The Lord turns my darkness into light.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:27 word by word
עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:27
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are those whose thoughts are pure. They will see God.
- Leviticus 26:23“If this discipline does not help and you still resist,
- Deuteronomy 28:51They’ll eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you’re destroyed. They’ll leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They’ll continue to do this until they’ve completely ruined you.
- Psalms 125:5But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
- Exodus 18:11who treated Israel with contempt. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods.”
- Psalms 18:26with pure people you are pure. ⌞In dealing⌟ with devious people you are clever.
- Isaiah 45:9How horrible it will be for the one who quarrels with his maker. He is pottery among other earthenware pots. Does the clay ask the one who shapes it, “What are you making?” Does your work say to you, “There are 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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