New International Version
2 Samuel 22:27
27to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
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.
- 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.
- 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
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, to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd. 28You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low. 29You, Lord, 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
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:27
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Leviticus 26:23“ ‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,
- Deuteronomy 28:51They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”
- Psalms 18:26to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
- Isaiah 45:9“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?
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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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