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The Words of Agur

Proverbs 30:12

In 10 translations

BSB
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
KJV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
WEB
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
ASV
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
LSV
A generation—pure in their own eyes, || But not washed from their own filth.
YLT
A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
DBY
there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
DRC
A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
GNV
There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
JPS
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
דּ֭וֹר טָה֣וֹר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וּ֝מִצֹּאָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רֻחָֽץ׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
  • Proverbs 16:2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
  • 2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
  • Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
  • Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
  • 1 John 1:7–10But 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. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in…
  • Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  • Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  • Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
  • Luke 11:39–40“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
  • Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
  • Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
  • Isaiah 1:16Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
  • Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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