Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

King James Version

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

Holman Bible

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

International Standard Version

Some people view themselves as pure, but haven't been cleansed from their own filth.

A Conservative Version

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

American Standard Version

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Amplified


There is a generation (class of people) that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

Bible in Basic English

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

Darby Translation

there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;

Julia Smith Translation

A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.

King James 2000

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

Modern King James verseion

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The generation that think themselves clean, shall not be cleansed from their filthiness.

NET Bible

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

New Heart English Bible

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The Emphasized Bible

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

Webster

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

World English Bible

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Youngs Literal Translation

A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

טהר טהור 
Tahowr 
Usage: 95

and yet is not washed
רחץ 
Rachats 
Usage: 72

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Four Kinds Of People

11 There is a generation that curses their father, and doe not bless their mother. 12 There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

Cross References

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are pure (clean) in his own eyes. But Jehovah weighs the motives.

Isaiah 65:5

They say: 'Keep away! Do not come near me, for I am too sacred for you! Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.'

Jeremiah 2:35

After all this you say: 'I am innocent. God will turn his anger from me. For I have not sinned.'

Titus 1:15-16

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

Judges 17:5

Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.

Judges 17:13

Micah said: Now I know that Jehovah will be good to me, since I have a Levite as a priest.

1 Samuel 15:13-14

Samuel went up to Saul. Saul said: Jehovah bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed Jehovah's command.

Job 33:9

I am pure and without sin! I am clean and free from guilt.

Psalm 36:2

He flatters himself and does not hate or even recognize his sin.

Psalm 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from my perversity (iniquity) (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah measures the hearts.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

Jeremiah 2:22-24

If you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness, says the Lord Jehovah.

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean instead of unclean. Then I will cleanse you from all your idols.

Zechariah 13:1

A fountain for sin and for uncleanness will be opened for the house of David.

Luke 11:39-40

The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Luke 16:15

Jesus said: You make yourselves look righteous to other people. God knows your hearts. The things considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

1 Corinthians 6:11

That is what some of you were. You have been washed clean and now you are sanctified. The Spirit of our God declares you righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus.

2 Timothy 3:5

having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this!

Titus 3:5

not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing (renovation) of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 1:7-10

If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood.

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