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30 If I wash myself with sheleg (snow), and make my hands clean with lye,

31 Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit), and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32 For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in mishpat (in the court).

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30 Even if I washed myself with soap(A)
    and my hands(B) with cleansing powder,(C)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(D)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.(E)

32 “He is not a mere mortal(F) like me that I might answer him,(G)
    that we might confront each other in court.(H)

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