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Psalm 51:7
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KJ21
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
ASV
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
AMP
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
AMPC
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow.
BRG
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
CSB
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
CSBA
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
CEB
Purify me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
CJB
True, I was born guilty, was a sinner from the moment my mother conceived me.
CEV
Wash me with hyssop until I am clean and whiter than snow.
DARBY
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
DRA
Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
ERV
Remove my sin and make me pure. Wash me until I am whiter than snow!
EASY
Splash water over me with a hyssop plant, and I will be really clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
EHV
Remove my sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
ESV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
ESVUK
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
EXB
·Take away my sin [L Remove my sin with hyssop; Ex. 12:22; C a plant used in purification rituals; Lev. 14:4, 6, 49–51; Num. 19:18], and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow [Is. 1:18].
GNV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
GW
Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
GNT
Remove my sin, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
HCSB
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
ICB
Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
ISV
Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
JUB
¶ Remove the sin in me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
KJV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
AKJV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
LSB
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
LEB
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
TLB
Sprinkle me with the cleansing blood and I shall be clean again. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.
MSG
Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life. Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing. Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health. God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life. Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me. Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails! Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home. Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.
MEV
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NOG
Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NABRE
Behold, I was born in guilt, in sin my mother conceived me.
NASB
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; Cleanse me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NASB1995
Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NCB
Indeed, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
NCV
Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NET
Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
NIRV
Sprinkle me with hyssop, then I will be clean. Wash me, then I will be whiter than snow.
NIV
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NIVUK
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NKJV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NLV
Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NLT
Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
NRSVA
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NRSVACE
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NRSVCE
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
NRSVUE
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
OJB
Purge me with ezov (hyssop), and I shall be tahor; wash me, and I shall be whiter than sheleg (snow).
RGT
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
RSV
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
RSVCE
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
TLV
Behold, I was born in iniquity and in sin when my mother conceived me.
VOICE
Cleanse me of my wickedness with hyssop, and I will be clean. If You wash me, I will be whiter than snow.
WEB
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
WYC
Lord, sprinkle thou me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; wash thou me, and I shall be made white more than snow (wash thou me, and I shall be made more white than snow).
YLT
Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
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