2-Samuel - 22:27



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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 22:27.

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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
With the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
With the pure Thou shewest Thyself pure, And with the perverse Thou shewest Thyself a wrestler.
With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.
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.
With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; And with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.
With the elect one, you will be elect, and with the perverse one, you will be perverse.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the (n) froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
(n) Their wickedness is cause that you seem to forget your usual mercy.

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. See Gill on Psalm 18:26.

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