Psalms 51:7

NETBible

Sprinkle me 1  with water 2  and I will be pure; 3  wash me 4  and I will be whiter than snow. 5 

NIV ©

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

NASB ©

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

NLT ©

Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

MSG ©

Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean, scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life.

BBE ©

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

NRSV ©

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

NKJV ©

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

KJV
Purge
<02398> (8762)
me with hyssop
<0231>_,
and I shall be clean
<02891> (8799)_:
wash
<03526> (8762)
me, and I shall be whiter
<03835> (8686)
than snow
<07950>_.
NASB ©
Purify
<2398>
me with hyssop
<231>
, and I shall be clean
<2891>
; Wash
<3526>
me, and I shall be whiter
<3835>
than
<4480>
snow
<7950>
.
LXXM
(50:9) rantieiv {V-FAI-2S} me
<1473> 
P-AS
usswpw
<5301> 
N-DSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
kayarisyhsomai
<2511> 
V-FPI-1S
pluneiv
<4150> 
V-FAI-2S
me
<1473> 
P-AS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
uper
<5228> 
PREP
ciona
<5510> 
N-ASF
leukanyhsomai
<3021> 
V-FPI-1S
NET [draft] ITL
Sprinkle
<02398>
me with water
<0231>
and I will be pure
<02891>
; wash
<03526>
me and I will be whiter
<03835>
than snow
<07950>
.
HEBREW
Nybla
<03835>
glsmw
<07950>
ynobkt
<03526>
rhjaw
<02891>
bwzab
<0231>
ynajxt
<02398>
(51:7)
<51:9>
NETBible

Sprinkle me 1  with water 2  and I will be pure; 3  wash me 4  and I will be whiter than snow. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

2 tn Heb “cleanse me with hyssop.” “Hyssop” was a small plant (see 1 Kgs 4:33) used to apply water (or blood) in purification rites (see Exod 12:22; Lev 14:4-6, 49-52; Num 19:6-18. The psalmist uses the language and imagery of such rites to describe spiritual cleansing through forgiveness.

3 tn After the preceding imperfect, the imperfect with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates result.

4 tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

5 sn I will be whiter than snow. Whiteness here symbolizes the moral purity resulting from forgiveness (see Isa 1:18).