Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

New American Standard Bible

“If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If I wash
רחץ 
Rachats 
Usage: 72

myself with
שׁלג 
Sheleg 
Usage: 20

and make my hands
כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

בּר 
Bor 
Usage: 6

References

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

29 Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then You dip me in a pit of mud,
and my own clothes despise me!



Cross References

Jeremiah 2:22

Even if you wash with lye
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

If my step has turned from the way,
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,

Proverbs 28:13

The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.

Isaiah 1:16-18

“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.
Remove your evil deeds from My sight.
Stop doing evil.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,
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 and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

1 John 1:8

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Jump To Previous

Jump To Next

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain