26With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.


In Context

23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.

25 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

26 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright.

27 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory.

28 And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down.

2 Samuel 22:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:26"To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:26With the holy one thou wilt be holy: and with the valiant perfect.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:26With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; With the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:26With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, with the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:26With the kind Thou shewest Thyself kind, With the perfect man Thou shewest Thyself perfect,