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


In Context

10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

12 This is what the wicked are like- always carefree, they increase in wealth.

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

14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.

Psalms 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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.