Proverbs
Proverbs 20:9
9Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;
I am cleansed from my sin”?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | מִֽי־ | mî- | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| can say | יֹ֭אמַר | yō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I have kept my heart | לִבִּ֑י | lib·bî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| pure | זִכִּ֣יתִי | zik·kî·ṯî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H2135 be clear, clean, pure |
| I am cleansed | טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי | ṭā·har·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2891 be clean, pure |
| from my sin | מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃ | mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 · 1 John 1:8–10 · Job 14:4 · 1 Kings 8:46 · Job 15:14 · Job 25:4 · James 3:2 · 1 Corinthians 4:4 · 2 Chronicles 6:36 · Psalm 51:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.