King James Version
2 Samuel 22:25 in the King James Version says “Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight . in: H...” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight . in: Heb. before his eyes”
2 Samuel 22:25 · KJV
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.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle
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“hath recompensed”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“Therefore the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“me according to my righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
“in his eye sight”
H5048a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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