Proverbs 20:30
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- 93 The verb מָרַק (maraq) means “to polish; to scour”; in the Hiphil it means “to cleanse away,” but it is only attested here, and that in the Kethib reading of תַּמְרִיק (tamriq). The Qere has תַּמְרוּק (tamruq, “are a means of cleansing”). The has “blows and contusions fall on evil men, and stripes penetrate their inner beings”; the Latin has “the bruise of a wound cleanses away evil things.” C. H. Toy suggests emending the text to read “stripes cleanse the body, and blows the inward parts” or “cosmetics purify the body, and blows the soul” (Proverbs [], ). Cf. “can knock all of the evil out of you.”
- 94 The term “cleanse” does not appear in this line but is supplied in the translation in the light of the parallelism.
- 95 Physical punishment may prove spiritually valuable. Other proverbs say that some people will never learn from this kind of punishment, but in general this may be the only thing that works for some cases.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Blows and wounds scrub away evil,
and beatings purge the inmost being.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Lashes and wounds purge away evil,
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Physical punishment cleanses away evil;
such discipline purifies the heart.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
as will beatings of the innermost part.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:
So do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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