Job 9:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּי‪׃

Transliteration

ʾim-hitrāḥaṣtî bə-mê-šāleg wa-hăzikkôtî bə-bōr kappāy

Grammar Details

*ʾim-hitrāḥaṣtî*: conditional particle + hithpael perfect 1st person singular - if I wash myself
*bə-mê-šāleg*: preposition + masculine plural construct noun + masculine singular noun - with snow water
*wa-hăzikkôtî*: conjunction + hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I cleanse
*bə-bōr*: preposition + masculine singular noun - with lye/soap
*kappāy*: feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my hands/palms

Word Meanings

*hitrāḥaṣtî*: to wash oneself, bathe, cleanse
*mê-šāleg*: snow water, water of snow
*hăzikkôtî*: to cleanse, make clean, purify
*bōr*: lye, soap, cleansing agent
*kappāy*: palms, hands

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 2:22 : 22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, {G1343} they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Job 31:7 : 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
Isa 1:16-18 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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