Isaiah 64:6
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But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
In other translations
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Hebrew words
וַנְּהִיvanehiand we have becomeH1961כַטָּמֵאkhatame'like <the> unclean [person]H2931כֻּלָּנוּkulanuall of usH3605וּכְבֶגֶדukhevegedand [are] like a garment ofH899עִדִּים'idimmenstruation<s>H5708כָּל־kol-allH3605צִדְקֹתֵינוּtzidkoteinurighteousness<es> ourH6666וַנָּבֶלvanaveland we have witheredH5034כֶּעָלֶהke'alehlike <the> leafageH5929כֻּלָּנוּkulanuall of usH3605וַעֲוֹנֵנוּva'avonenuand iniquities ourH5771כָּרוּחַkaruachlike the windH7307יִשָּׂאֻנוּ׃yisa'unuthey carry off usH5375
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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