Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 9:30

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30. snow water —thought to be more cleansing than common water, owing to the whiteness of snow ( Psalms 51:7 ; Isaiah 1:18 ). never so clean —Better, to answer to the parallelism of the first clause which expresses the cleansing material, "lye:" the Arabs used alkali mixed with oil, as soap ( Psalms 73:13 ; Jeremiah 2:22 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-32" class="com-number"