Revised Version 1895
2 Samuel 22:27
27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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
25Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eyesight. 26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect; With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward. 28And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
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עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:27
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Leviticus 26:23And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me;
- Deuteronomy 28:51and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish.
- Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- Isaiah 45:9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath 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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