Job Chapter 9 verse 30 Holy Bible
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
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If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
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If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
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If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
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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.