Parallel Verses
Webster
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself 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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving, - With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless;
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 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
1 Kings 8:32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Nehemiah 9:17
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst perform among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Psalm 41:1-4
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.
Psalm 62:12
Also to thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Psalm 112:4-6
To the upright there ariseth light in darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Isaiah 58:7-8
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou shouldst bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou shouldst cover him; and that thou shouldst not hide thyself from thy own flesh?
Ezekiel 18:25-30
Yet ye 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?
Matthew 18:33-35
Shouldst thou not also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Luke 6:35-38
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
Romans 9:14
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? By no means.