2 Samuel 22:21

What does 2 Samuel 22:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The Lord will reward me according to my justice: and according to the cleanness of my hands he will render to me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Context

v.20He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

v.21This passage

v.22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 17:9

    Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

  • Psalms 7:3

    O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

  • 1 Samuel 26:23

    And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed.

  • 1 Kings 8:32

    then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

  • Psalms 18:20

    Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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