Jeremiah 2:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 2:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
תְּכַבְּסִי֙
kâbaç
H3526
to wash
בַּנֶּ֔תֶר
nether
H5427
natron
וְתַרְבִּי
râbâh
H7235
to multiply
לָ֖ךְ
בֹּרִ֑ית
bôrîyth
H1287
lye
נִכְתָּ֤ם
kâtham
H3799
to be defiled
עֲוֺנֵךְ֙
ʻâvôn
H5771
iniquity
לְפָנַ֔י
pânîym
H6440
face
נְאֻ֖ם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
אֲדֹנָ֥י
ʼĂdônây
H136
lord
יְהוִֽה
Yᵉhôvih
H3069
LORD
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World English Bible Public Domain
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh.
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King James Version Public Domain
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For even if you clean yourself with natron or multiply for yourself lye, your iniquity is a stain before my face —the declaration of Lord Yahweh.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).