2 Samuel 22:23

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide meand have not disregarded his statutes.

Hebrew Names Version
For all his ordinances were before me; As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

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

Lexham English Bible
For all of his ordinances were before me, and I did not turn aside from his statutes.

English Standard Version
For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

New Century Version
I remember all his laws and have not broken his rules.

New English Translation
For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

Amplified Bible
"For all His judgments (legal decisions) were before me, And from His statutes I did not turn aside.

New American Standard Bible
"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not deviate from them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For all his lawes were before me, and his statutes: I did not depart therefrom.

Legacy Standard Bible
For all His judgments were before me,And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

Contemporary English Version
I keep your laws in mind and never turn away from your teachings.

Complete Jewish Bible
for all his rulings were before me, I did not depart from his regulations.

Darby Translation
For all his ordinances were before me, And his statutes, I did not depart from them,

Easy-to-Read Version
I always remembered his laws. I never stopped following his rules.

George Lamsa Translation
For all his judgments were before me; and his statutes I have not put away from me.

Good News Translation
I have observed all his laws; I have not disobeyed his commands.

Literal Translation
For all His judgments were before me. As to His statutes, I did not turn away from them.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes, and haue not put his ordinaunces fro me.

American Standard Version
For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

Bible in Basic English
For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all his lawes were in my sight: & his statutes, I did not depart therefro.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

King James Version (1611)
For all his iudgements were before me: and as for his Statutes, I did not depart from them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them.

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

Berean Standard Bible
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For alle hise domes weren in my siyt; and Y dide not awei fro me hise heestis.

Young's Literal Translation
For all His judgments [are] before me, As to His statutes, I turn not from them.

Update Bible Version
For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

Webster's Bible Translation
For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them.

World English Bible
For all his ordinances were before me; As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

New King James Version
For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

New Living Translation
I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees.

New Life Bible
For all His Laws were in front of me, and I did not turn aside from them.

New Revised Standard
For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, all his regulations, were before me, - and, as for his statutes, I turned not from them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For all his judgments are in my sight: and his precepts I have not removed from me.

Revised Standard Version
For all his ordinances were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For all: Psalms 119:6, Psalms 119:86, Psalms 119:128, Luke 1:6, John 15:14

judgments: Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:2, Deuteronomy 7:12, Psalms 19:8, Psalms 19:9, Psalms 119:13, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:102

I did not: Deuteronomy 8:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 22:14 - And who

Cross-References

Genesis 24:15
It so happened that the words were barely out of his mouth when Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel whose mother was Milcah the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with a water jug on her shoulder. The girl was stunningly beautiful, a pure virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up. The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please, can I have a sip of water from your jug?"

Genesis 24:24
She said, "I'm the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah and Nahor. And there's plenty of room in our house for you to stay—and lots of straw and feed besides."

Genesis 28:5
So Isaac sent Jacob off. He went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Romans 9:10
And that's not the only time. To Rebecca, also, a promise was made that took priority over genetics. When she became pregnant by our one-of-a-kind ancestor, Isaac, and her babies were still innocent in the womb—incapable of good or bad—she received a special assurance from God. What God did in this case made it perfectly plain that his purpose is not a hit-or-miss thing dependent on what we do or don't do, but a sure thing determined by his decision, flowing steadily from his initiative. God told Rebecca, "The firstborn of your twins will take second place." Later that was turned into a stark epigram: "I loved Jacob; I hated Esau."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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