2 Samuel 22:23

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

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

World English Bible · Public Domain

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וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו

chuqqâh

H2708

“and · statutes · his”

Conjunction + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

Appears 105× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 26:5

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2706

TWOT: 728b

statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed - statute

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Grammatical profile

1 verb
4 nouns
2 prepositions
1 conjunction
1 particle

Verb forms

אָס֥וּר Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

משפטו judgment H4941 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.
Psalms 119:102 I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.
John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
Deuteronomy 6:1–2 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
Deuteronomy 6:6–9 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
Deuteronomy 7:12 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
Psalms 19:8–9 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalms 119:6 Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.
Psalms 119:13 With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
Psalms 119:86 All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
Psalms 119:128 Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way.
Luke 1:6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew 2 Samuel 22:23 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

כִּ֥י כָל משפטו מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה

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

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Samuel 22:23 Septuagint · lemma form

ὅτι πᾶς ὁ κρίμα αὐτός κατεναντίος ἐγώ καί ὁ δικαίωμα αὐτός οὐ ἀποἵστημι ἀπό αὐτός

For all his judgments and his ordinances were before me: I departed not from them.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

אֲרֵי כָל דִינוֹהִי גְלָן לְקִבְּלִי לְמֶעְבַּדְהוֹן וּקְיָמוֹהִי לָא עֲדִית מִנְהוֹן:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 2 Samuel 22:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(23) His statutes, I did not depart from them.—The psalm, by a very slight change in the original, has “I did not put away his statutes from me.” The former is the more common form, the latter suits better the parallelism here.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

23. all his judgments were before me] God’s commandments were continually present to his mind as the rule of life. Cp. Deu_6:6-9; Psa_119:30; Psa_119:102.

and as for his statutes, &c.] In Psa_18:22, “And his statutes did I not put away from me,” in order to sin with less compunction. This suits the parallelism better, and is probably the true reading.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. See Gill on Psa 18:42.

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2 Samuel 22:44

sa2 22:44

sa2 22:44

sa2 22:44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,

thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. See Gill on Psa 18:43.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

23. His judgments — His decisions and dispensations, that showed his views of right and wrong.

Statutes — The established laws and usages of his covenant with Israel.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.

2 Samuel, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is chuqqâh (“statute”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word chuqqâh carries the sense “statute.” How does it shape the verse?
Psalms 119:30 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
“judgment” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
The verb «אָס֥וּר» is Qal Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“judgment” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.