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Proverbs 20:30

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30mThe blueness of a wound †cleanseth away evil:

nSo do stripes hthe inward parts of the belly.

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Footnotes

  1. mGe. 4:23 (Heb.). Isai. 53:5 in the Heb.
  2. †Heb. is a purging medicine against evil. See Esther 2:3.
  3. nComp. ch. 19:25.
  4. hch. 18:8 marg.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blows that wound cleanse away evil;

strokes make clean the innermost parts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Blows and wounds scrub away evil,

and beatings purge the inmost being.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lashes and wounds purge away evil,

and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

NLTNew Living Translation

Physical punishment cleanses away evil;

such discipline purifies the heart.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,

as will beatings of the innermost part.