13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;


In Context

10 Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.

11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

Psalm 73:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

73:13Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

73:13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:13Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

73:13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

73:13Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

73:13Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.