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Proverbs 20:9

NETBible	Who can say,¹ “I have kept my heart clean;² I am pure³ from my sin”?
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:9	Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:9	Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin"?
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:9	Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin"?
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:9	For who among us can be trusted to be always diligent and honest?
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:9	Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:9	Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:9	Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?
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KJV	Who can say <0559> (8799)_, I have made my heart <03820> clean <02135> (8765)_, I am pure <02891> (8804) from my sin <02403>_?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:9	Who <04310> can say <0559> , "I have cleansed <02135> my heart <03820> , I am pure <02891> from my sin <02403> "?
LXXM	tiv <5100> I-NSM kauchsetai <2744> V-FMI-3S agnhn <53> A-ASF ecein <2192> V-PAN thn <3588> T-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF h <2228> CONJ tiv <5100> I-NSM parrhsiasetai {V-FMI-3S} kayarov <2513> A-NSM einai <1510> V-PAN apo <575> PREP amartiwn <266> N-GPF
NET [draft] ITL	Who <04310> can say <0559> , “I have kept <02135> my heart <03820> clean <02135> ; I am pure <02891> from my sin <02403> ”?
HEBREW	ytajxm <02403> ytrhj <02891> ybl <03820> ytykz <02135> rmay <0559> ym (20:9) <04310>

NETBible

Who can say,¹ “I have kept my heart clean;² I am pure³ from my sin”?

NET Notes

¹sn The verse is a rhetorical question; it is affirming that no one can say this because no one is pure and free of sin.

²tn The verb form זִכִּיתִי (zikkiti) is the Piel perfect of זָכָה (zakhah, “to be clear; to be clean; to be pure”). The verb has the idea of “be clear, justified, acquitted.” In this stem it is causative: “I have made my heart clean” (so NRSV) or “kept my heart pure” (so NIV). This would be claiming that all decisions and motives were faultless.

³sn The Hebrew verb translated “I am pure” (טָהֵר, taher) is a Levitical term. To claim this purity would be to claim that moral and cultic perfection had been attained and therefore one was acceptable to God in the present condition. Of course, no one can claim this; even if one thought it true, it is impossible to know all that is in the heart as God knows it.