Parallel Verses English Standard Version with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. King James Bible With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. American Standard Version With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward. Douay-Rheims Bible With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted. English Revised Version With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward. Webster's Bible Translation With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend. 2 Samuel 22:27 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament21 Jehovah rendered to me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me. 22 For I have observed the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all His rights are before my eyes; And His statutes,-I do not depart from them. 24 And I was innocent towards Him, And kept myself from mine iniquity. גּמל signifies to do to a person good or evil, like the Greek εὖ and κακῶς πράττειν τινά. The righteousness and cleanness of hands, i.e., the innocence, which David attributed to himself, were not perfect righteousness or holiness before God, but the righteousness of his endeavours and deeds as contrasted with the unrighteousness and wickedness of his adversaries and pursuers, and consisted in the fact that he endeavoured earnestly and sincerely to walk in the ways of God and to keep the divine commandments. מן רשׁע, to be wicked from, is a pregnant expression, signifying to depart wickedly from God. לנגדּי, i.e., as a standard before my eye. In the psalm we find עמּו תמים, innocent in intercourse with the Lord, instead of לו תמים (see Deuteronomy 18:13); and for the fact itself, David's own testimony in 1 Samuel 26:23-24, the testimony of God concerning him in 1 Kings 14:8, and the testimony of history in 1 Kings 15:5. מעוני, from mine iniquity, i.e., from the iniquity which I might have committed. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the pure Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. forward shew thyself unsavoury. or, wrestle. Cross References Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Romans 1:28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 1 John 3:3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. Leviticus 26:23 "And if by this discipline you are not turned to me but walk contrary to me, Leviticus 26:24 then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins. Jump to Previous Astute Contend Contrary Crooked Froward Hard Holy Judge Perverse Perverted Pure Shew Shewest Show Shrewd Straight Subtle Thyself Unsavory Way Wilt WrestlerJump to Next Astute Contend Contrary Crooked Froward Hard Holy Judge Perverse Perverted Pure Shew Shewest Show Shrewd Straight Subtle Thyself Unsavory Way Wilt WrestlerLinks 2 Samuel 22:27 NIV2 Samuel 22:27 NLT 2 Samuel 22:27 ESV 2 Samuel 22:27 NASB 2 Samuel 22:27 KJV 2 Samuel 22:27 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 22:27 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 22:27 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 22:27 French Bible 2 Samuel 22:27 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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