Proverbs 20:9
What does Proverbs 20:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- 1 Kings 8:46
If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;
- 1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- James 3:2
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
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