2 Samuel 22:27

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 Living Translation (NLT)To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:27

25Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in His eyes. 26“With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd. 28You will save the humble people; But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down. 29“For You are my lamp, O Lord; The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.

2 Samuel 22:27 word by word

עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• With the pureבָּרַרbârar · to purifyH1305
• and with the frowardעִקֵּשׁ‛iqqêsh · twistedH6141
• thou wilt shew thyself unsavouryפָּתַלpâthal · to twistH6617

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:27

• Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
• Leviticus 26:23‘And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me,
• Deuteronomy 28:51And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
• Psalms 125:5As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
• Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them.”
• Psalms 18:26With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
• Isaiah 45:9“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:27

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-30David's rescue and success were linked to his obedience to God. God rewards those who live in a way that pleases him (see also Leviticus 26:1–13; Deuteronomy 28:1–14; Psalm 1).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 22:27

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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