Job 9:30
Strong's Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: 1) if 1a) conditional clauses 1a1) of possible situations 1a2) of impossible situations 1b) oath contexts 1b1) no, not 1c) if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or 1d) when, whenever 1e) since 1f) interrogative particle 1g) but rather

I should wash myself
הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי (hiṯ·rā·ḥaṣ·tî)
Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7364: 1) to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wash, wash off, wash away 1a2) to wash, bathe (oneself) 1b) (Pual) to be washed 1c) (Hithpael) to wash oneself

with snow
שָׁ֑לֶג (šā·leḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

and cleanse
וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי (wa·hă·zik·kō·w·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2141: 1) to be pure, be bright, be clean, be bright, clean 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be bright, be shining 1a2) to be clean, be pure 1b) (Hiphil) to cleanse, make cleanse, make clean

my hands
כַּפָּֽי׃ (kap·pāy)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: 1) palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand 1a) palm, hollow or flat of the hand 1b) power 1c) sole (of the foot) 1d) hollow, objects, bending objects, bent objects 1d1) of thigh-joint 1d2) pan, vessel (as hollow) 1d3) hollow (of sling) 1d4) hand-shaped branches or fronds (of palm trees) 1d5) handles (as bent)

with lye,
בְּבֹ֣ר (bə·ḇōr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1253: 1) lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metal

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Young's Literal Translation
If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

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

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;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

New Living Translation
Even if I were to wash myself with soap and clean my hands with lye,

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

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,

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

English Revised Version
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,
















Cross References
Job 9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Job 31:7
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Job 35:3
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

Jeremiah 2:22
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 9:29
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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