Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 2:22
American Standard Version
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Amplified® Bible
For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity {and} guilt are still [upon you; you are] spotted, dirty, {and} stained before Me, says the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD said: People of Israel, you are stained with guilt, and no soap or bleach can wash it away.
Darby English Version
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Good News Bible
Even if you washed with the strongest soap, I would still see the stain of your guilt.
King James Version
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
New American Standard Bible
"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me, declares the Lord GOD."
New International Version
Although you wash yourself with soda
and use an abundance of soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,"
declares the Sovereign LORD.
New King James Version
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord GOD.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity has come before Me," declares the Lord GOD.
Revised Standard Version
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD.
Young's Literal Translation
But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
