New English Translation
2 Samuel 22:27
27You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
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 rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior. 26You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent. You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse. 28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. 29Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. The Lord illumines the darkness around me.
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 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Leviticus 26:23“‘If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,
- Deuteronomy 28:51They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you.
- Psalms 125:5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”
- Psalms 18:26You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
- Isaiah 45:9One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, “What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!”
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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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