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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With the pure
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
thou wilt show thyself pure
barar (Hebrew #1305)
to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select
KJV usage: make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse (be clean), clearly, polished, (shew self) pure(-ify), purge (out).
Pronounce: baw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
; and with the froward
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
a thou wilt ζshow thyself froward
pathal (Hebrew #6617)
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
KJV usage: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Pronounce: paw-thal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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froward.
shew thyself froward.
or, wrestle.
• This shows that the blessings of the psalm are not the answer to atonement, but the reward of piety. (“Psalm 18” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

W. Kelly Translation

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aWith the pure thou showest thyself pure,{HR}And with the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, contrary.