Job 9:30
What does Job 9:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 9:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 2:22
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Isaiah 1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
- Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
- Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
- Psalms 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
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