Psalm 51:7 “Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whi…”

Psalm 51:7

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

World English Bible

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

American Standard Version

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Geneva Bible 1599

Purge me with hyssope, and I shalbe cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe.

Darby Translation

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

Bible in Basic English

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

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Cross references

“Purge”

Numbers 19:18–20 Hebrews 9:19 Leviticus 14:49–52 Leviticus 14:4–7

Numbers 19:18–20 · BSB

Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or…

Hebrews 9:19 · BSB

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

Leviticus 14:49–52 · BSB

He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

Leviticus 14:4–7 · BSB

the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

“and”

1 John 1:7 Revelation 1:5 Hebrews 9:13 Hebrews 9:14

1 John 1:7 · BSB

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5 · BSB

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

Hebrews 9:13 · BSB

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

Hebrews 9:14 · BSB

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

“whiter”

Isaiah 1:18 Ephesians 5:26 Ephesians 5:27 Revelation 7:13 Revelation 7:14

Isaiah 1:18 · BSB

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Ephesians 5:26 · BSB

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27 · BSB

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Revelation 7:13 · BSB

Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

Revelation 7:14 · BSB

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Also

Exodus 12:22

Exodus 12:22 · BSB

Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

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

In context

6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

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