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Jeremiah 2:22

New Living Translation

22 No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!

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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.

Christian Standard Bible

Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord GODโ€™s declaration.

English Standard Version

Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD.

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

โ€œAlthough you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is before Me,โ€ declares the Lord GOD.

New International Version

Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me,โ€ 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,โ€ says the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,โ€ says the Lord Yahweh.