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Jeremiah 2:22

NETBible	You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,”¹ says the Lord God.²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 2:22	Although you wash yourself with soda and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Sovereign LORD.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:22	"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me," declares the Lord GOD.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 2:22	No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. You are stained with guilt that cannot be washed away. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
MSG © biblegateway Jer 2:22	Scrub, using the strongest soaps. Scour your skin raw. The sin-grease won't come out. I can't stand to even look at you!" GOD's Decree, the Master's Decree.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 2:22	For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 2:22	Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 2:22	For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord GOD.
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KJV	For though thou wash <03526> (8762) thee with nitre <05427>_, and take thee much <07235> (8686) soap <01287>_, [yet] thine iniquity <05771> is marked <03799> (8737) before <06440> me, saith <05002> (8803) the Lord <0136> GOD <03069>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 2:22	"Although <03588> <518> you wash <03526> yourself with lye <05427> And use <07235> much <07235> soap <01287> , The stain <03799> of your iniquity <05771> is before <06440> Me," declares <05002> the Lord <0136> GOD <03068> .
LXXM	ean <1437> CONJ apoplunh <637> V-PMS-2S en <1722> PREP nitrw {N-DSN} kai <2532> CONJ plhyunhv <4129> V-PAS-2S seauth <4572> D-DSF poan {N-ASF} kekhlidwsai {V-RMI-2S} en <1722> PREP taiv <3588> T-DPF adikiaiv <93> N-DPF sou <4771> P-GS enantion <1726> PREP emou <1473> P-GS legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	You can try to wash away <03526> your guilt with a strong detergent <05427> . You can use <07235> as much <07235> soap <01287> as you want. But the stain <03799> of your guilt <05771> is still there <06440> for me to see <06440> ,” says <05002> the Lord <0136> God <03069> .
HEBREW	hwhy <03069> ynda <0136> Man <05002> ynpl <06440> Knwe <05771> Mtkn <03799> tyrb <01287> Kl <0> ybrtw <07235> rtnb <05427> yobkt <03526> Ma <0518> yk (2:22) <03588>

NETBible

You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,”¹ says the Lord God.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Even if you wash with natron/lye, and use much soap, your sin is a stain before me.”

²tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For an explanation of this title see the study notes on 1:6.