Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
New American Standard Bible
With the
King James Version
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Holman Bible
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;
International Standard Version
To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;
A Conservative Version
With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
American Standard Version
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
Amplified
With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
Bible in Basic English
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Darby Translation
With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
Julia Smith Translation
With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; and with the blameless man thou wilt be perfect
King James 2000
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;
Lexham Expanded Bible
To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.
Modern King James verseion
With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. {TYNDALE: With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt.}
NET Bible
You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.
New Heart English Bible
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
Webster
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
World English Bible
With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
Youngs Literal Translation
With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
Themes
Frowardness » Who the lord shows himself froward toward
Purity » Who the lord shows himself pure toward
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
24 Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes. 25 With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless; 26 With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Happy, the merciful; for, they, shall receive mercy:
1 Kings 8:32
then wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens, and act, and judge thy servants, condemning the lawless, by setting his way upon his own head, - and justifying the righteous, by giving to him, according to his righteousness?
Nehemiah 9:17
but refused to hearken, neither kept in mind thy wonders which thou hadst done with them, but they hardened their neck, and appointed a head that they might return to their servitude, in their perverseness. But, thou, art a God of forgivenesses, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness, and didst not forsake them.
Psalm 41:1-4
How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
Psalm 62:12
And, thine, O My Lord, is lovingkindness, - For, thou, wilt pay back unto every man - according to his deed.
Psalm 112:4-6
Risen - in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Isaiah 26:7
The path of a righteous man, is, even, - O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous one, hath perished, And not a man, hath taken it to heart - Yea the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn No one considering, That from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn.
Isaiah 58:7-8
Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?
Ezekiel 18:25-30
Can ye then say - The way of My Lord will not be equal? Hear I pray you O house of Israel, Will my way, not be equal? Will not your ways be unequal?
Matthew 18:33-35
Was it not binding, upon thee also, to have mercy upon thy fellow-servant, as, I also, on thee, had mercy?
Luke 6:35-38
But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for, nothing, back; and your reward shall be, great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High, - for, he, is, gracious, unto the ungrateful and wicked.
Romans 9:14
What, then, shall we say? Is there injustice with God? Far be it!