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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:24

22For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God. 23All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. 25The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. 26“To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

2 Samuel 22:24 word by word

וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים ל֑וֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I was also uprightתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• before him, and have keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• myself from mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:24

• Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
• Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
• Job 1:1In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
• Psalms 51:6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
• Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
• John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:11Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.
• Proverbs 4:23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
• Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for 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

In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Prevent
• Rock
• Songs
• David
• 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