2 Samuel 22:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃

Transliteration

With-nābār tittābār; and with-ʿiqqēš tittappāl.

Grammar Details

• *nābār*: Niphal participle ms - pure
• *tittābār*: Hithpael imperfect 2ms - you show yourself pure
• *ʿiqqēš*: masculine adjective - crooked
• *tittappāl*: Hithpael imperfect 2ms - you show yourself shrewd

Word Meanings

• *nābār*: pure, clean, clear
• *tittābār*: show yourself pure, act purely
• *ʿiqqēš*: crooked, perverse, twisted
• *tittappāl*: show yourself shrewd/astute/twisted

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself shrewd.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  With the cleane thou shalt be cleane, and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  With the pure thou shalt be pure: and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He acted against those who treated Israel arrogantly.
• Lev 26:23-28 : 23 If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction and continue to walk contrary to me, 24 then I too will act with hostility against you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins. 25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy. 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied. 27 But if, after all this, you do not listen to me and continue to act with hostility against me, 28 then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.
• Deut 28:58-61 : 58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law that are written in this book, and do not fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God— 59 then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues upon you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and enduring diseases. 60 He will bring back upon you all the diseases of Egypt, which you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not written in this Book of the Law, until you are completely destroyed.
• Ps 18:26 : 26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe to those who strive with their Maker, like a piece of pottery among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?