Job 9:30
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- KJV
- If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
- WEB
- If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
- ASV
- If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
- DARBY
- If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
- BLB
- If I wash myself with water of snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
- ÅB
- Om jeg vasket meg med snø og renset mine hender med lut,
- OTB
- Selv om jeg vasket meg med snø
og renset mine hender med lut, - B1930
- Om jeg tvettet mig med sne og renset mine hender med lut,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 2:22
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Read in contextPsalms 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
Read in context1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:16–18
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Read in contextProverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Read in contextJob 31:7
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
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