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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)