2 Samuel 22:27

In 11 translations

BSB

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

KJV

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle

WEB

With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

ASV

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.

LSV

With the pure You show Yourself pure, || And with the perverse You show Yourself a wrestler.

YLT

With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.

DBY

With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

DRC

With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

GNV

With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the frowarde thou wilt shew thy selfe frowarde.

JPS

With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

LXXE

and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou wilt be froward.Or, upon the haughty.

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Original-language editions

WLC

עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ μετὰ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἐκλεκτὸς ἔσῃ, καὶ μετὰ στρεβλοῦ στρεβλωθήσῃ.

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• Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Psalms 18:26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Leviticus 26:23–28And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins. And I will bring a…
• Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:58–61If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God— He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary…
• Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

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