2 Chronicles 30:18-20

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. ¹  For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive ²  30:19 everyone who has determined to follow God, ³  the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.” ⁴  30:20 The Lord responded favorably ⁵  to Hezekiah and forgave ⁶  the people.

Ezra 9:15

9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt ⁷  no one can really stand before you.”

Isaiah 64:6

64:6 We are all like one who is unclean,

all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. ⁸ 

We all wither like a leaf;

our sins carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ⁹  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹⁰  and the city called by your name. ¹¹  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹²  but because your compassion is abundant.

Matthew 22:11-13

22:11 But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But he had nothing to say. ¹³  22:13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’

Revelation 7:13-14

7:13 Then ¹⁴  one of the elders asked ¹⁵  me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?” 7:14 So ¹⁶  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ¹⁷  Then ¹⁸  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ¹⁹  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Revelation 19:8

19:8 She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” ²⁰  (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). ²¹ 

[30:18]  ¹ tn Heb “without what is written.”

[30:18]  ² tn Heb “make atonement for.”

[30:19]  ³ tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”

[30:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”

[30:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “listened.”

[30:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “healed.”

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[64:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[9:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

[9:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

[9:18]  ¹² tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

[22:12]  ¹³ tn Grk “he was silent.”

[7:13]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:13]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “spoke” or “declared to,” but in the context “asked” reads more naturally in English.

[7:14]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

[7:14]  ¹⁷ tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

[7:14]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:14]  ¹⁹ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:8]  ²⁰ tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12…16; 19:8, 14.”

[19:8]  ²¹ sn This phrase is treated as a parenthetical explanation by the author.