Proverbs 20:30 | |
NASB: Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes [reach] the innermost parts. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Brutal beatings cleanse away wickedness. Such beatings cleanse the innermost being. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. ASV: Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts. BBE: By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body. DBY: Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly. JPS: Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts. WBS: The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. WEB: Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts. YLT: The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart! | |
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