Matthew 6:17

In 9 translations

BSB

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

KJV

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

WEB

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

ASV

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

LSV

But you, fasting, anoint your head, and wash your face,

YLT

'But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face,

DBY

But thou, [when] fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

DRC

But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

GNV

But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,

RP2018

Σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,

TR-Boyd

Σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,

SCR1894

συ δε νηστευων αλειψαι σου την κεφαλην και το προσωπον σου νιψαι

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ruth 3:3Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
• Ecclesiastes 9:8Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
• Daniel 10:2–3In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
• 2 Samuel 12:20Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he…
• 2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a…

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