| Proverbs 20:26 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | A wise king scatters the wicked and then runs them over.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| ASV: | A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing -wheel over them. |
| BBE: | A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them. |
| DBY: | A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| ERV: | A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the threshing wheel over them. |
| JPS: | A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them. |
| WBS: | A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
| WEB: | A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them. |
| YLT: | A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. |
| Proverbs 20:26 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.
Isaiah 28:27 For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the {h} wheel over them.
(h) Which was a kind of punishment then used. |
| WES: | 20:26 The wheel - As the cart - wheel was anciently turned over the sheaves to beat the corn out of them. He punishes them as their offences deserve. |
| MHC: | 20:23. A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. 24. How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord? 25. The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is. 26. Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous. 27. The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God. 28. Mercy and truth are the glories of God's throne. 29. Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other. |
| CONC: | Bringeth Drives Evil-doers Evil-doing Flight Makes Puts Scattereth Scattering Scatterreth Sifteth Threshing Turneth Wheel Wicked Winnoweth Winnows Wise |
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