# If I washed myself with snow water

"If I bathed my body in pure, clean water"

# snow water

the water that comes from melted snow

# snow

white flakes of frozen water that fall from clouds in places where the air temperature is cold

# made my hands ever so clean

"made my hands exceedingly clean." Some other versions of the Bible translate this with the meaning of "cleaned my hands with very strong soap."

# plunge me in a ditch

"throw me into a pit"

# my own clothes would be disgusted with me

Job's clothing is spoken of as if it would have a negative response to Job after God plunged him into a ditch. AT: "I would be too filthy for my own clothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]