30Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.


In Context

27 The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of a man ; it searches out his inmost being.

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.

30 Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

Proverbs 20:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:30The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more in- ward parts of the belly.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:30Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:30Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: and strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:30The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:30The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.