Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
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 And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. 25 With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright; 26 with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse.
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful! For they shall obtain mercy.
1 Kings 8:32
then hear in Heaven, and do, and judge Your servants, to declare the wicked to be wicked, to bring his way on his head, and to declare the righteous to be righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Nehemiah 9:17
And they refused to obey, neither were they mindful of Your wonders which You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and did not forsake them.
Psalm 41:1-4
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalm 62:12
Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.
Psalm 112:4-6
To the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious and full of pity and righteousness.
Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness; O Upright One, weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.
Isaiah 58:7-8
Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Ezekiel 18:25-30
Yet you say, The way of Jehovah is not fair. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair? Are your ways not unfair?
Matthew 18:33-35
Should you not also have pitied your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?
Luke 6:35-38
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
Romans 9:14
What shall we say then? Is there not unrighteousness with God? Let it not be!