Job 9:30
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Ifאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
I should washהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי
(hit·ra·chatz·ti)
7364: to wash, wash off or away, bathea prim. root
myself with snow 
 
7950: snowfrom an unused word
And cleanseוַ֝הֲזִכֹּ֗ותִי
(va·ha·zik·ko·v·ti)
2141: to be bright, clean or purea prim. root
my handsכַּפָּֽי׃
(kap·pai.)
3709: hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a panfrom kaphaph
with lye,בְּבֹ֣ר
(be·vor)
1253a: lye, potashfrom barar


















KJV Lexicon
If I wash
rachats  (raw-khats')
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) -- bathe (self), wash (self).
myself with
sheleg  (sheh'-leg)
snow (probably from its whiteness) -- snow(-y).
snow water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
bmow  (bem-o')
in, with, by, etc. -- for, in into, through.
and make my hands
kaph  (kaf)
the 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, power
never
bor  (bore)
purify -- cleanness, pureness.
bor  (bore)
vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals -- never so, purely.
so clean
zakak  (zaw-kak')
to be transparent or clean (phys. or morally) -- be (make) clean, be pure(-r).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

International Standard Version
"If I wash myself with water from snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

NET Bible
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I wash myself with lye soap and cleanse my hands with bleach,

King James 2000 Bible
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean;
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