“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,
Proverbs 20:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? [I Kings 8:46; II Chron. 6:36; Job 9:30; 14:4; Ps. 51:5; I John 1:8.] American Standard Version (1901) Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Common English Bible Who can say, “I’m innocent to the core; I’m cleansed from my sin”? Catholic Public Domain Version Who is able to say: "My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin? |
“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,
“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far off or near,
What are mortals, that they can be clean? Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?
How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.
What then? Are we any better off? No, not at all, for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,
I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.