Job

Job 9:30–31

³⁰If I should wash myself with snow^f

and cleanse my hands with lye,

³¹then You would plunge me into the pit,

and even my own clothes would despise me.

Footnotes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I should wash	הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי	hiṯ·rā·ḥaṣ·tî	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular	H7364 wash, wash off, away, bathe
myself	בְמוֹ	ḇə·mō	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1119 in, with, by
with snow	שָׁ֑לֶג	šā·leḡ	Noun - masculine singular	H7950 snow
and cleanse	וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי	wa·hă·zik·kō·w·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H2141 be bright, clean, pure
my hands	כַּפָּֽי׃	kap·pāy	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
with lye	בְּבֹ֣ר	bə·ḇōr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H1253 lye, potash

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then	אָ֭ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
You would plunge me	תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי	tiṭ·bə·lê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H2881 dip
into the pit	בַּשַּׁ֣חַת	baš·ša·ḥaṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
and even my own clothes	שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃	śal·mō·w·ṯāy	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H8008 id.
would despise me	וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי	wə·ṯi·‘ă·ḇū·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H8581 loathe, detest

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Job 9:30 Jeremiah 2:22 · Psalm 26:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.