King James Version
2 Samuel 22:24 in the King James Version says “I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. to” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. to”
2 Samuel 22:24 · KJV
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. before: Heb. to
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight . in: Heb. before his eyes
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“I was also upright”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“before him and have kept”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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