Job 9:30 | JFB | STEP | 30. snow water-- thought to be more cleansing than common water, owing to the whiteness of snow ( ; ). 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 ( ; ).

‏ Job 9:30

30. snow water--thought to be more cleansing than common water, owing to the whiteness of snow (Psa 51:7; Is 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 (Psa 73:13; Jr 2:22).