2 Samuel 22 · Verse 27

2 Samuel 22:27

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2 Samuel 22:27, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:27 in other translations

BSBto the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
WEBWith the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
ASVWith the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
YLTWith the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
DARBYWith the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
BBEHe who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
WebsterWith the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.

2 Samuel 22:27 in the original Hebrew

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עִם\־'im-withH5973
נָבָ֖רna.Var[one who] purifies himselfH1305
תִּתָּבָ֑רti.ta.Varyou show yourself pureH1305
וְעִם\־ve.'im-and withH5973
עִקֵּ֖שׁ'i.Kesha perverse [person]H6141
תִּתַּפָּֽל\׃ti.ta.Palyou show yourself twistedH6617

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:27

  • Matthew 5:8

    Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

  • Psalms 18:26

    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

  • Leviticus 26:23-28

    And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. …

  • Isaiah 45:9

    Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

  • Psalms 125:5

    As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

  • Exodus 18:11

    Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

  • Deuteronomy 28:58-61

    If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

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the pure.
Mt 5:8
forward.
Le 26:23-28; De 28:58-61; Ps 125:5
shew thyself unsavoury. or, wrestle.
Ex 18:11; Ps 18:26; Isa 45:9

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:26

    With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

  • 2 Samuel 22:27

    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

  • 2 Samuel 22:28

    And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

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2 Samuel 22:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Limpio eres para con el limpio, mas con el perverso eres rígido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Avec celui qui est pur, tu te montres pur; et avec le pervers, tu es roide.
German
Elberfelder 1871
gegen den Reinen erzeigst du dich rein, und gegen den Verkehrten erzeigst du dich entgegenstreitend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum electo electus eris, et cum perverso perverteris.