Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and cleanse my hands with lye,
New American Standard Bible
And cleanse
King James Version
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
International Standard Version
"If I wash myself with water from snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
A Conservative Version
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,
American Standard Version
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
Amplified
“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,
Bible in Basic English
If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
Darby Translation
If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
Julia Smith Translation
If I washed myself in snow-water, and cleansed my hands clean;
King James 2000
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean;
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I wash myself with soap, and I cleanse my hands with lye,
Modern King James verseion
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Though I washed my self with snowy water, and made mine hands never so clean,
NET Bible
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
New Heart English Bible
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
The Emphasized Bible
Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
Webster
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
World English Bible
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Youngs Literal Translation
If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
Themes
Pardon » Outward purifications, ineffectual for
Purifications or baptisms » Insufficient for spiritual purification
Self-righteousness » Is vain because our righteousness is » Ineffectual for salvation
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
29
why should I labor in vain?
and cleanse my hands with lye,
and my own clothes despise me!
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:22
and use a great amount of soap,
the stain of your sin is still in front of Me.
This is the Lord God’s declaration.
Job 31:7
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,
Psalm 26:6
and go around Your altar, Lord,
Proverbs 28:13
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.
Isaiah 1:16-18
Remove your evil deeds from My sight.
Stop doing evil.
Jeremiah 4:14
so that you will be delivered.
How long will you harbor
malicious thoughts within you?
Romans 10:3
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God
1 John 1:8
If we say, “We have no sin,”