2 Samuel 22:27 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

To the pure You will show Yourself pure, and to the willful You will show Yourself willful.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

To the pure You will show Yourself pure, and to the willful You will show Yourself willful.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

with the pure you prove yourself pure; but with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

If people keep themselves pure, they can trust you to do only good things. But if people are wicked, you turn against them.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

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

English God's Word - GW 1995

with pure people you are pure. {In dealing} with devious people you are clever.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.

English KJV 1611

With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory.

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

with the pure You show Yourself pure; but with the perverse You show Yourself shrewd.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Toward the sincere you are sincere; but toward the crooked you are astute.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

To those who are pure you show that you are pure. But to those whose paths are crooked you show that you are clever.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

English NLT

To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the crooked you show yourself perverse.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

To those who are pure, You show yourself pure; But you destroy those who are evil.

English Tyndale 1537

With the pure thou shalt be pure, and with the froward thou shalt be froward also.

2 Samuel 22:27 — Compare Translations