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 · 2000

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

Context

v.29I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

v.30This passage

v.31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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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