2 Samuel 22:27

Good News Translation

You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
with the pureyou prove yourself pure;but with the crookedyou prove yourself shrewd.

Hebrew Names Version
With the pure you will show yourself pure; With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

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

Lexham English Bible
With the pure, you show yourself pure, but with the crooked, you appear as a fool.

English Standard Version
with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

New Century Version
You are pure to those who are pure, but you are against those who are evil.

New English Translation
You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

Amplified Bible
"With the pure You show Yourself pure, With the perverted You show Yourself astute.

New American Standard Bible
With the one who is pure You show Yourself pure, But with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

Geneva Bible (1587)
With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the frowarde thou wilt shew thy selfe frowarde.

Legacy Standard Bible
With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

Contemporary English Version
With all who are sincere you are sincere, but you treat the unfaithful as their deeds deserve.

Complete Jewish Bible
with the honest, you are honest; but with the crooked you are cunning.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
You never do wrong to those who have done no wrong. But you outsmart the wicked, no matter how clever they are.

George Lamsa Translation
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself perverse.

Literal Translation
With the pure, You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverted You will appear perverse.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
With the cleane thou shalt be cleane, and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde.

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

Bible in Basic English
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
With the pure thou shalt be pure: and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

King James Version (1611)
With the pure thou wilt shew thy selfe pure: and with the froward, thou wilt shew thy selfe vnsauoury.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou will be froward.

English Revised Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.

Berean Standard Bible
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and with a chosun man `to blis thou schalt be chosun, and with a weiward man thou schalt be maad weiward, `that is, in yeldynge iustli peyne to hym vpe his weiwardnesse.

Young's Literal Translation
With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.

Update Bible Version
With the pure you will show yourself pure; And with the perverse you will show yourself froward.

Webster's Bible Translation
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.

World English Bible
With the pure you will show yourself pure; With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

New King James Version
With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

New Living Translation
To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

New Life Bible
With the pure You show Yourself pure. But with the sinful, You show Yourself wise.

New Revised Standard
with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, - but, with the perverse, thou didst shew thyself ready to contend:

Douay-Rheims Bible
With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.

Revised Standard Version
with the pure thou dost show thyself pure, and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

Contextual Overview

² The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress. ³ My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. He is my savior; he protects me and saves me from violence. ⁴ I call to the Lord , and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the Lord ! ⁵ The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me. ⁶ The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me. ⁷ In my trouble I called to the Lord ; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. ⁸ Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry! ⁹ Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth. ¹⁰ He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet. ¹¹ He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the pure: Matthew 5:8

froward: Leviticus 26:23-28, Deuteronomy 28:58-61, Psalms 125:5

show thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle, Exodus 18:11, Psalms 18:26, Isaiah 45:9

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:24 - General 2 Samuel 18:28 - Blessed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. :-.