Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed ¹  from their filthiness. ² 

biblegateway Pro 30:12

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

biblegateway Pro 30:12

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

biblegateway Pro 30:12

They feel pure, but they are filthy and unwashed.

biblegateway Pro 30:12

Don't imagine yourself to be quite presentable when you haven't had a bath in weeks.

SABDAweb Pro 30:12

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

bibleoremus Pro 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

biblegateway Pro 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

biblegateway Pro 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed ¹  from their filthiness. ² 

¹ tn The verb רָחַץ (rakhats) means “to wash; to wash off; to wash away; to bathe.” It is used of physical washing, ceremonial washings, and hence figuratively of removing sin and guilt through confession (e.g., Isa 1:16). Here the form is the Pual perfect (unless it is a rare old Qal passive, since there is no Piel and no apparent change of meaning from the Qal).

¹ sn The point of the verse is that there are people who observe outer ritual and think they are pure (טָהוֹר [tahor] is the Levitical standard for entrance into the sanctuary), but who pay no attention to inner cleansing (e.g., Matt 23:27).

² sn Filthiness often refers to physical uncleanness, but here it refers to moral defilement. Zech 3:3-4 uses it metaphorically as well for the sin of the nation (e.g., Isa 36:12).