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Job Chapter 9 verse 30 Holy Bible

ASV Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
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BBE Job 9:30

If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
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DARBY Job 9:30

If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
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KJV Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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WBT Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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WEB Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
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YLT Job 9:30

If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 30. - If I wash myself with snow-water (comp. Psalm 51:7). If I should succeed in purging myself of all guilt, and establishing, so far as words can do it, my spotless innocence even then what advantage should I gain? Snow-water does not really cleanse what is defiled better than any other water, but a lively fancy might suppose it to do so. Job indulges in this fancy, but then checks himself, and adds a prosaic alternative. And make my hands never so clean; rather, and make my hands clean with lye. Lye, or potash, is the principal and most essential ingredient in soap. and the readiest and best detergent. If Job cleanses himself to the very utmost, "Cut bone?" he asks.

Ellicott's Commentary