Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 9:30
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Berean Standard Bible
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
King James Version
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
World English Bible
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
American Standard Version
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 9
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
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