Psalms 18:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

Transliteration

With-chasid titchasad with-gevar tamim titamam.

Grammar Details

• *chasid*: masculine singular adjective - faithful/kind
• *titchasad*: hitpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you show yourself faithful
• *gevar*: masculine singular construct - man of
• *tamim*: masculine singular adjective - blameless
• *titamam*: hitpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you show yourself blameless

Word Meanings

• *chasid*: faithful/kind/loyal/godly
• *titchasad*: you show yourself faithful/you are loyal/you deal loyally
• *gevar*: man of/hero of/mighty one of
• *tamim*: blameless/perfect/complete
• *titamam*: you show yourself blameless/you act blamelessly/you are perfect

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• 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 froward.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  With the clene thou shalt be clene & with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• 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 showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest 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

• Prov 3:34 : 34 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly.
• Lev 26:23-24 : 23 And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary to me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
• Lev 26:27-28 : 27 And if you will not for all this listen to me, but walk contrary to me; 28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
• Ps 109:17-19 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him as the garment that covers him, and as a belt with which he is girded continually.
• Rom 2:4-6 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:
• Rom 2:9 : 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.