Proverbs 20:26
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- 82 Heb “winnows” (so , , ). The sage draws on the process of winnowing to explain how the king uncovers and removes wickedness. The verb from which the participle מְזָרֶה (mézareh) is derived means “to separate; to winnow; to scatter”; the implied comparison means that the king will separate good people from bad people like wheat is separated from chaff. The image of winnowing is also used in divine judgment. The second line of the verse uses a detail of the process to make the point. Driving a wheel over the wheat represents the threshing process; the sharp iron wheels of the cart would easily serve the purpose (e.g., Isa 28:27–28).
- 83 The king has the wisdom/ability to destroy evil from his kingdom. See also D. W. Thomas, “Proverbs 20:26,” 15 (1964): 155–56.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
A wise king winnows the wicked
and drives the wheel over them.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A wise king winnows out the wicked;
he drives the threshing wheel over them.
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A wise king separates out the wicked
and drives the threshing wheel over them.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat,
then runs his threshing wheel over them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A wise king winnows the wicked,
and he will drive a wheel over them.
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KJV 1900King James Version
A wise king scattereth the wicked,
And bringeth the wheel over them.
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