James 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. Καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί· καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.

Transliteration

Engisate to the Theō, and he will engiei to you. Katharisate cheiras, hamartōloi; and hagnisate kardias, dipsychoi.

Grammar Details

• *Engisate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - draw near/approach
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - God
• *engiei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will draw near/approach
• *Katharisate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - cleanse/purify
• *cheiras*: accusative, feminine, plural - hands
• *hamartōloi*: vocative, masculine, plural - sinners
• *hagnisate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd plural - purify/cleanse
• *kardias*: accusative, feminine, plural - hearts
• *dipsychoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - double-minded/wavering

Word Meanings

• *Engisate*: draw near/approach/come close
• *Theō*: God/deity
• *engiei*: will draw near/approach/come close
• *Katharisate*: cleanse/purify/make clean
• *cheiras*: hands
• *hamartōloi*: sinners/wrongdoers
• *hagnisate*: purify/cleanse/make holy
• *kardias*: hearts
• *dipsychoi*: double-minded/doubters/wavering

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Mal 3:7 : 7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
• Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Isa 1:15-16 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Hos 6:1-2 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
• Heb 7:19 : 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
• Ps 51:6-7 : 6 Behold, thou desirest{H8804)} truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden{H8803)} part thou shalt make me to know{H8686)} wisdom. 7 Purge{H8762)} me with hyssop, and I shall be clean{H8799)}: wash{H8762)} me, and I shall be whiter{H8686)} than snow.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Jas 1:8 : 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
• Luke 11:39-40 : 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
• Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Ps 73:28 : 28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put{H8804)} my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare{H8763)} all thy works.
• Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
• Isa 29:13 : 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
• Matt 12:33 : 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
• Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Gen 18:23 : 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Jer 4:11 : 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
• Jer 4:14 : 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
• Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create{H8798)} in me a clean heart, O God; and renew{H8761)} a right{H8737)} spirit within me.
• Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed{H8765)} my heart in vain, and washed{H8799)} my hands in innocency.
• Isa 13:15 : 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
• Job 9:30 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
• Job 16:17 : 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
• Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.