Psalms 18:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּֽשֶׁב־יְהוָ֣ה לִ֣י כְצִדְקִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָ֝דַ֗י לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And yashev-YHWH to me according to tsidqi according to bor yaday before eynav.

Grammar Details

• *yashev*: hifil imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he restored
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *tsidqi*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my righteousness
• *bor*: masculine singular construct - cleanness of
• *yaday*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my hands
• *eynav*: feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes

Word Meanings

• *yashev*: he restored/he repaid/he rewarded
• *tsidqi*: my righteousness/my justice/my righteous deeds
• *bor*: cleanness of/purity of/cleanliness of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  With the holy thou shalt be holy, & wt ye innocet thou shalt be innocet.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

• World English Bible (2000)

  With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:7 : 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
• Matt 18:33-35 : 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you do not forgive from your hearts every one his brother their trespasses.
• Luke 6:35-38 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.
• Ezek 18:25-30 : 25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way equal? Are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
• 1 Kgs 8:32 : 32 Then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
• Neh 9:17 : 17 They refused to obey, and were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.
• Ps 41:1-4 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive; he shall be blessed upon the earth, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of illness; You will make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, LORD, be merciful to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.
• Ps 62:12 : 12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for You render to every man according to his work.
• Ps 112:4-6 : 4 Unto the upright, there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious, full of compassion, and righteous. 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
• Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.
• Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
• Isa 58:7-8 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
• Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.