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


In Context

10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.

11 And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

12 Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

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

14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof is every morning.

15 If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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