Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,
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:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,
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,
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 mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked. 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord, 7 to give you thanks, and to tell about all your amazing deeds.
Cross References
Psalm 73:13
I concluded, "Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.
Exodus 30:19-20
and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it.
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.
Psalm 24:4
The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
Isaiah 1:16-18
Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
Malachi 2:11-13
Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!
Matthew 5:23-24
So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
1 Corinthians 11:28-29
A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.
1 Timothy 2:8
So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
Titus 3:5
he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,