Parallel Verses
Amplified
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
New American Standard Bible
I am pure from my sin”?
King James Version
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Holman Bible
I am cleansed from my sin”?
International Standard Version
Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?"
A Conservative Version
Who can say, I have made my heart clean. I am pure from my sin?
American Standard Version
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Bible in Basic English
Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
Darby Translation
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Julia Smith Translation
Who shall say, I cleansed my heart; I was pure from my sin?
King James 2000
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
Modern King James verseion
Who can say, I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who can say, "My heart is clean, I am innocent from sin"?
NET Bible
Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
New Heart English Bible
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
The Emphasized Bible
Who can say, I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?
Webster
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
World English Bible
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
Youngs Literal Translation
Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:9
Prayers for Proverbs 20:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
8
A [discerning] king who sits on the throne of judgment
Sifts all evil [like chaff] with his eyes [and cannot be easily fooled].
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
Differing weights [one for buying and another for selling] and differing measures,
Both of them are detestable and offensive to the Lord.
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Cross References
1 Kings 8:46
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
2 Chronicles 6:36
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far away or near,
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 15:14
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Job 25:4
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Psalm 51:5
I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
1 Corinthians 4:4
I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.
James 3:2
For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature [taming his human faults and weaknesses].
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]