2 Samuel 22:24

2 Samuel 22:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I was also blameless before Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:24

22For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not acted wickedly against my God. 23For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. 25Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. 26With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

2 Samuel 22:24 word by word

וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים ל֑וֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• blamelessתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• And I keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• myself from my iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:24

• Genesis 6:9These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
• Genesis 17:1Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.
• Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.
• Psalms 51:6Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.
• Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
• Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:24

• 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 22:24

• Decision
• Faithfulness

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• Arrow
• Prevent
• Rock
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• Perfect; Perfection
• Psalms, Book of
• Samuel, Books of
• Text of the Old Testament

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