Job 9:30 “If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,”

Job 9:30

If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

Jeremiah 2:22 Psalm 26:6 1 John 1:8 Proverbs 28:13 Isaiah 1:16–18 Jeremiah 4:14

Jeremiah 2:22 · BSB

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

Psalm 26:6 · BSB

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

1 John 1:8 · BSB

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Proverbs 28:13 · BSB

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Isaiah 1:16–18 · BSB

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Also

Job 31:7

Job 31:7 · BSB

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

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