Parallel Verses
Amplified
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
New American Standard Bible
And have
King James Version
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Holman Bible
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.
International Standard Version
because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and I have not wickedly departed from my God;
A Conservative Version
For I have kept the ways of LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
American Standard Version
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Bible in Basic English
For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Darby Translation
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Julia Smith Translation
For I watched the ways of Jehovah, and I acted not wickedly from my God.
King James 2000
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,
Modern King James verseion
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. {TYNDALE: For I kept the ways of the LORD, and did no wickedness, forsaking my God.}
NET Bible
For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God.
New Heart English Bible
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
The Emphasized Bible
For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God;
Webster
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
World English Bible
For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Youngs Literal Translation
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
20
The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity);
According to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
For all His ordinances were before me,
And I did not put away His statutes from me.
Cross References
Psalm 119:102
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
1 Samuel 15:11
“I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My commands.” Samuel was angry [over Saul’s failure] and he cried out to the Lord all night.
2 Chronicles 34:33
Josiah removed all the [pagan] repulsive things from all the lands belonging to the sons (descendants) of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel serve the Lord their God. Throughout his lifetime they did not turn from following the Lord God of their fathers.
Psalm 17:4
Concerning the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept away from the paths of the violent.
Psalm 26:1
I have [relied on and] trusted [confidently] in the Lord without wavering and I shall not slip.
Psalm 119:10-11
With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
Proverbs 8:32
“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways.
Acts 24:16
In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.
1 Thessalonians 2:10
You are witnesses, and so is God, how unworldly and just and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe [in our Lord Jesus Christ].
1 John 2:19
They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us.