Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,
New American Standard Bible
And I will go about
King James Version
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Holman Bible
and go around Your altar, Lord,
International Standard Version
I wash my hands innocently. I go around your altar, LORD,
A Conservative Version
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,
American Standard Version
I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
Amplified
I will wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
Bible in Basic English
I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
Darby Translation
I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,
Julia Smith Translation
I will wash my hands in cleanness, and I will surround thine altar, O Jehovah:
King James 2000
I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I go about your altar, O LORD:
Modern King James verseion
I will wash my hands in innocency; so I will go around Your altar, O Jehovah,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I wash my hands with innocency, O LORD, and so will I go to thine altar,
NET Bible
I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,
New Heart English Bible
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;
The Emphasized Bible
I will bathe, in pureness, my hands, - so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;
Webster
I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy altar, O LORD:
World English Bible
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
Youngs Literal Translation
I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
Themes
Ablution » Of the hands, as a token of innocency
Innocency » Signified by washing the hands
Purification » Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency
Purifications or baptisms » Used by the devout before entering God's house
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 26:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Vindication
5 I hate [the] crowd of evildoers, and with [the] wicked I will not sit. 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh, 7 to declare with a voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
Cross References
Psalm 73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
Exodus 30:19-20
And Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and their feet with it.
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.
Psalm 24:4
He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.
Isaiah 1:16-18
Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!
Malachi 2:11-13
Judah has been faithless, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Matthew 5:23-24
Therefore if you present your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
1 Corinthians 11:28-29
But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and dispute.
Titus 3:5
he saved us, not by deeds of righteousness that we have done, but because of his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers, [since we] have confidence for the entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,