Psalms 73:13

In 11 translations

BSB

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

KJV

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

WEB

Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,

ASV

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

LSV

Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,

YLT

Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

DBY

Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

DRC72:13

And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

GNV

Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.

JPS

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

LXXE72:13

And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.

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WLC

אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

LXX-Br72:13

Καὶ εἶπα, ἄρα ματαίως ἐδικαίωσα τὴν καρδίαν μου, καὶ ἐνιψάμην ἐν ἀθώοις τὰς χεῖράς μου·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
• Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
• James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
• Job 35:3For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
• Hebrews 10:19–22Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
• Job 9:31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
• Job 9:27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
• Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

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