Jeremiah 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

For though you wash yourself with lye, and take much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord GOD.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Though you wash yourself with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Lord GOD.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For though thou wash{H3526} thee with lye,{H5427} and take thee much{H7235} soap,{H1287} yet thine iniquity{H5771} is marked{H3799} before{H6440} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For though thou wash{H3526}{(H8762)} thee with nitre{H5427}, and take thee much{H7235}{(H8686)} soap{H1287}, yet thine iniquity{H5771} is marked{H3799}{(H8737)} before{H6440} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yee and that so sore: that though thou wasshest the with Nitrus & makest thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stayned with thy wickednesse, saieth the LORDE thy God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, sayeth the Lord God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yea and that so sore that though thou washe thee with Nitrus, and make thy selfe to sauour with that sweete smellyng hearbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stayned with thy wickednesse, saith the Lorde thy God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says the Lord Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” says the Sovereign LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:17 : 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You sew up my iniquity.
  • Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
  • Hos 13:12 : 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hidden.
  • Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
  • Deut 32:34 : 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands thoroughly; 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
  • Ps 90:8 : 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who can stand?
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.

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