Verse 13

Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Sannelig, forgjeves har jeg strevd for å holde mitt hjerte rent og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Sannelig, det er forgjeves at jeg har renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Norsk King James

  Sannelig, jeg har renset mitt hjerte forgjeves, og vasket mine hender for uten skyld.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sannelig har jeg renset mitt hjerte forgjeves og vasket hendene i uskyld.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Sannelig, for ingenting har jeg holdt mitt hjerte rent og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Sannelig, jeg har renset mitt hjerte forgjeves og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.73.13", "source": "אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃", "text": "*Akh-riq zikkiti levavi*, *wa'erchatz beniqqayon kappai*.", "grammar": { "*Akh-riq*": "adverb + adverb - surely in vain", "*zikkiti*": "verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have cleansed", "*levavi*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*wa'erchatz*": "conjunction + verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 1st person singular - and I washed", "*beniqqayon*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in innocence/cleanness", "*kappai*": "noun, feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my palms/hands" }, "variants": { "*akh*": "surely/only/nevertheless", "*riq*": "in vain/emptiness/worthlessness", "*zikkiti*": "I cleansed/purified", "*levav*": "heart/mind/inner person", "*rachatz*": "wash/bathe/cleanse", "*niqqayon*": "innocence/cleanness/purity", "*kappayim*": "palms/hands" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Sannelig, forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte, og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Sandeligen, jeg haver forgjæves renset mit Hjerte og toet mine Hænder i Uskyldighed,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Sannelig, jeg har renset mitt hjerte forgjeves og vasket hendene i uskyld.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Sannelig, forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Sannelig, det var forgjeves at jeg renset hjertet mitt og vasket hendene mine i uskyld,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Sannelig, forgjeves har jeg renset mitt hjerte og vasket mine hender i uskyld.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men for meg ser det ut til at jeg har renset hjertet mitt forgjeves og vasket hendene mine i uskyld.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne: and wasshed my handes in innocencie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:9 : 9 For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in God.
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will circle Your altar, O LORD,
• Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?
• Job 35:3 : 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
• Ps 24:4 : 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to idols, nor sworn deceitfully.
• Job 9:27 : 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and console myself:
• Job 9:31 : 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said, 'It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?'.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh, 21 And having a high priest over the house of God, 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.