Psalms 24:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נְקִ֥י כַפַּ֗יִם וּֽבַר־לֵ֫בָ֥ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹא־נָשָׂ֣א לַשָּׁ֣וְא נַפְשִׁ֑י וְלֹ֖א נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לְמִרְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

nĕqî kappayim and bar-lēbāb, who not nāśāʾ to šāwʾ napšî, and not nišbaʿ to mirmâ.

Grammar Details

• *nĕqî*: adjective, masculine singular construct - clean of
• *kappayim*: noun, feminine dual - hands/palms
• וּ: conjunction - and
• *bar*: adjective, masculine singular construct - pure of
• *lēbāb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
• אֲשֶׁר: relative pronoun - who/which/that
• לֹא: negative particle - not
• *nāśāʾ*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he lifted/carried
• לַ: preposition - to/for
• *šāwʾ*: noun, masculine singular - vanity/falsehood
• *napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *nišbaʿ*: verb, Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he swore
• לְ: preposition - to/for
• *mirmâ*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery

Word Meanings

• *nĕqî*: clean/innocent/free from guilt
• *kappayim*: hands/palms/power
• *bar*: pure/clean/innocent
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *nāśāʾ*: lifted/carried/took
• *šāwʾ*: vanity/falsehood/emptiness
• *napšî*: my soul/my life/myself
• *nišbaʿ*: swore/took an oath
• *mirmâ*: deceit/treachery/fraud

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:8 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create{H8798)} in me a clean heart, O God; and renew{H8761)} a right{H8737)} spirit within me.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
• Isa 33:15-16 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
• Ps 73:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
• 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.
• Ezek 18:6 : 6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
• Ezek 18:15 : 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
• Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
• Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
• 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;
• Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
• Job 9:30 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
• 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?
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
• Ps 25:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
• Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
• Rev 21:1-4 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
• Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
• 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
• Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: