Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.
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;
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.
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 doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes. 25 With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect. 26 With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
Cross References
Matthew 5:7
Happy the kind -- because they shall find kindness.
1 Kings 8:32
then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to declare wicked the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Nehemiah 9:17
yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.
Psalm 41:1-4
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
Psalm 62:12
And with Thee, O Lord, is kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!
Psalm 112:4-6
Light hath risen in darkness to the upright, Gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Isaiah 26:7
The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
Isaiah 57:1-2
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.
Isaiah 58:7-8
Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?
Ezekiel 18:25-30
And ye have said, Not pondered is the way of the Lord. Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, My way -- is it not pondered? Are not your ways unpondered?
Matthew 18:33-35
did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?
Luke 6:35-38
'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
Romans 9:14
What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness is with God? let it not be!