Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 22:27
27With the pure You show Yourself pure, but with the crooked 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.
- 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
25So Adonai rewarded me for my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes. 26With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless. With the pure You show Yourself pure, but with the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 28You save lowly people. But Your eyes are on the haughty— You will humble them. 29For You are my lamp, Adonai. Adonai shines in my darkness.
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 shall see God.
- Leviticus 26:23“Now if in spite of these things you will not be chastened by Me, but walk contrary to Me instead,
- Deuteronomy 28:51It will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil, until you are destroyed. It will not leave behind for you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until it ruins you.
- Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Adonai will lead them away with evildoers. Shalom be upon Israel.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that Adonai is greater than all gods, since they had acted arrogantly against them.”
- Psalms 18:26With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.
- Isaiah 45:9Oy , to one who quarrels with his Maker, like a pot among the pots of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, “What have you made?” Or does your work say, “It has no handles”?
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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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