Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. New Living Translation Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. English Standard Version Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Berean Standard Bible Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Berean Literal Bible Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and have purified hearts, you double-minded. King James Bible Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. New King James Version Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. New American Standard Bible Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. NASB 1995 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. NASB 1977 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Legacy Standard Bible Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Amplified Bible Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people]. Christian Standard Bible Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Holman Christian Standard Bible Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people! American Standard Version Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Purify your hands, you sinners; sanctify your hearts, doubting souls. Contemporary English Version Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind. Douay-Rheims Bible Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded. English Revised Version Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. GOD'S WORD® Translation Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters. Good News Translation Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites! International Standard Version Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Literal Standard Version draw near to God, and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hearts, you split-souled! Majority Standard Bible Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. New American Bible Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. NET Bible Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. New Revised Standard Version Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. New Heart English Bible Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Webster's Bible Translation Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Weymouth New Testament Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God. World English Bible Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. Young's Literal Translation draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Drawing Near to God7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.… Cross References 1 Samuel 14:35 Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD. 2 Chronicles 15:2 So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. Job 17:9 Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. Psalm 73:28 But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works. Psalm 119:113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love. Isaiah 1:16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! Isaiah 58:2 For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God." Treasury of Scripture Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. Draw nigh to God. Genesis 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. Cleanse. Job 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; Job 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. purity. Psalm 51:6,7,10 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom… Jeremiah 4:11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? ye double. James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jump to Previous Clean Cleanse Deceit Double Doubleminded Double-Minded Draw Evil-Doers Half-Hearted Hands Hearts Mind Minded Nigh Pure Purify Sinners Towards Two-Souled WashJump to Next Clean Cleanse Deceit Double Doubleminded Double-Minded Draw Evil-Doers Half-Hearted Hands Hearts Mind Minded Nigh Pure Purify Sinners Towards Two-Souled WashJames 4 1. We are to strive against covetousness;4. intemperance; 5. pride; 11. detraction and rash judgment of others; 13. and not to be boastful of our future plans. (8) Draw nigh to God . . .--God waiteth to be gracious (Isaiah 30:18). Like the father of the prodigal son (Luke 15), He beholds us while we are "yet a great way off," and runs, as it were, to hasten our return. He has "no pleasure in the death of him that dieth" (Ezekiel 18:32). But who shall come "into the tabernacle of God, or rest upon His holy hill" (Psalm 15:1), except the man "of uncorrupt life"? Surely, the penitent as well; the murderous hands "which all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten," the hearts polluted with the most abominable lusts, may and must be cleansed; sinners and double-minded (refer to James 1:8) though they be, and both in one, the Lord of mercy will "draw nigh" to them, if they to Him: all their "transgressions shall not be mentioned," they "shall live and not die" (Ezekiel 18:21-22).Verse 8. - Draw nigh to God (ἐγγίσατε τῷ Θεῷ). A phrase used of approach to God under the old covenant (see Exodus 19:22; Exodus 34:30; Leviticus 10:3). Equally necessary under the new covenant is it for those who draw near to God to have "clean hands and a pure heart" (Psalm 24:4). Hence the following injunction: "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded." Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Draw nearἐγγίσατε (engisate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach. to God, Θεῷ (Theō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. He will draw near ἐγγιεῖ (engiei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach. to you. ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Cleanse καθαρίσατε (katharisate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 2511: To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse. [your] hands, χεῖρας (cheiras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 5495: A hand. [you] sinners, ἁμαρτωλοί (hamartōloi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 268: Sinning, sinful, depraved, detestable. From hamartano; sinful, i.e. A sinner. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. purify ἁγνίσατε (hagnisate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 48: To cleanse, purify, either ceremonially, actually, or morally. From hagnos; to make clean, i.e. sanctify. [your] hearts, καρδίας (kardias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. [you] double-minded. δίψυχοι (dipsychoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 1374: (lit: of two souls, of two selves), double-minded, wavering. From dis and psuche; two-spirited, i.e. Vacillating. 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