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Source language
Original Greek   
ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ⸀ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
eggisate to theo, kai reggiei umin. katharisate kheiras, amartoloi, kai agnisate kardias, dipsukhoi.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
adpropiate Domino et adpropinquabit vobis emundate manus peccatores et purificate corda duplices animo

King James Variants
American 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.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Authorized (King James) Version   
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.
21st Century King James Version   
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Other translations
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.
Darby Bible Translation   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
God's Word   
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
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!
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.
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 American 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 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.
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.
The World 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.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Be clean in the way that you live. Stop doing wrong things. Make your minds clean. You cannot love sin and love God at the same time.
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!
New Life Version   
Come close to God and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Clean up your hearts, you who want to follow the sinful ways of the world and God at the same time.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. And purge your hearts, you double-minded.
The Voice Bible   
Come close to the one true God, and He will draw close to you. Wash your hands; you have dirtied them in sin. Cleanse your heart, because your mind is split down the middle, your love for God on one side and selfish pursuits on the other.
Living Bible   
And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him.
New Catholic Bible   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you waverers.
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.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery].
New Century Version   
Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.
The Message   
So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him make himself scarce. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded people.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
New Matthew Bible   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purge your hearts, ye wavering-minded.
Good News Translation®   
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
Wycliffe Bible   
Approach ye to God, and he shall approach to you. Ye sinners, cleanse ye the hands, and ye double in soul, purge ye the hearts.
New Testament for Everyone   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and make your hearts pure, you double-minded lot.
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.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Come close to God and he will come close to you. Realise that you have sinned and get your hands clean again. Realise that you have been disloyal and get your hearts made true once more. As you come close to God you should be deeply sorry, you should be grieved, you should even be in tears. Your laughter will have to become mourning, your high spirits will have to become heartfelt dejection. You will have to feel very small in the sight of God before he will set you on your feet once more.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
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].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
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 (Revised Edition)   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds.
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.
The Expanded Bible   
Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, ·clean sin out of your lives [L cleanse/purify your hands; C a metaphor for cleaning up your behavior]. ·You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time [L You double-minded ones], ·make your thinking pure [L purify your hearts; C a metaphor for cleaning up your interior life].
Tree of Life Version   
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!
Revised Standard Version   
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.
New International Reader's Version   
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds.
BRG Bible   
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean your hands, sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded people!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Come to God and he will come to you. You bad people, make your hands clean! You love what is good and what is wrong at the same time. Make your hearts clean.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Draw near to Hashem and Hashem will draw near to you. Cleanse your yadayim (hands), you chote’im (sinners)! And purify your levavot, you anashim of double mind! [TEHILLIM 73:28; ZECHARYAH 1:3; MALACHI 3:7; YESHAYAH 1:16; TEHILLIM 24:4; 119:113; YIRMEYAH 4:14]
Names of God Bible   
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.
Modern English Version   
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.
International Children’s Bible   
Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.
Lexham 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!
New International Version - UK   
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Draw-near to God and He will draw-near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded ones.