Job: How Can I Contend with God?

Job 9:30

In 11 translations

BSB: If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,Or soap
KJV: If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
WEB: If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
ASV: If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
LSV: If I have washed myself with snow-water, || And purified my hands with soap,
YLT: If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
DBY: If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
DRC: If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
GNV: If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
JPS: If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
LXXE: For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

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Written (Ketiv): בְמוֹ (“in”). Read aloud (Qere): בְמֵי (“in water of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Leningrad Codex reads בְמֵו־; read aloud (Qere) reads בְמֵי (“in water of”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC: אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי במו־שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃Read aloud as (qere): בְמֵי
LXX-Br: Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι, καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Snow Soap Pure; Purely; Purity Philosophy Clean Hand Self-Righteousness Purifications or Baptisms Murmuring Pardon

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Cross-references most cited first

Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Job 31:7If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Isaiah 1:16–18Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” “Come now, let us…

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