Parallel Verses
Amplified
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
New American Standard Bible
And with the crooked
King James Version
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
Holman Bible
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.
International Standard Version
to the pure, you show yourself pure, and to the morally corrupt, you appear to be perverse.
A Conservative Version
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
American Standard Version
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
Bible in Basic English
He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
Darby Translation
With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
Julia Smith Translation
With the purified thou wilt be purified, and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself perverse
King James 2000
With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the devious you will show yourself shrewd.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.
Modern King James verseion
with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt be froward. {TYNDALE: With the pure thou shalt be pure, and with the froward thou shalt be froward also.}
NET Bible
You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
New Heart English Bible
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
The Emphasized Bible
With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend.
Webster
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
World English Bible
With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
Youngs Literal Translation
With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
Devotionals
Devotionals containing Psalm 18:26
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
25
With the kind (merciful, faithful, loyal) You show Yourself kind,
With the blameless You show Yourself blameless,
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
For You save an afflicted and humble people,
But bring down those [arrogant fools] with haughty eyes.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34
Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners,
Yet He gives His grace [His undeserved favor] to the humble [those who give up self-importance].
Leviticus 26:23-24
‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act
Leviticus 26:27-28
‘Yet if in spite of this you will not [attentively] listen to Me but act with hostility against me,
Psalm 109:17-19
He also loved cursing, and it came [back] to him;
He did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
Romans 2:4-6
Or do you have no regard for the wealth of His kindness and tolerance and patience [in withholding His wrath]? Are you [actually] unaware or ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
Romans 2:9
There will be tribulation and anguish [torturing confinement] for every human soul who does [or permits] evil, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,
James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.