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Job 9:30

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּיhitrachatstibatheרָחַץverb, hithpael, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “bathe”, a completed actionH7364to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)bathe (self), wash (self).במוvmvin intoבְּמוֹpreposition — “in into”H1119in, with, by, etc.for, in into, through.בְמֵיvemein waterמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in water”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).שָׁ֑לֶגshalegsnowשֶׁלֶגnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “snow”, the ordinary formH7950snow (probably from its whiteness)snow(-y).וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִיvahazikotiand be cleanזָכַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be clean”, a completed action in a sequenceH2141to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally)be (make) clean, be pure(-r).בְּבֹ֣רbevorin purelyבֹּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in purely”, the ordinary formH1253vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals[idiom] never so, purely.כַּפָּֽיkapayhand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

Darby Translation

If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

Douay-Rheims

If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι, καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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