Proverbs 20:30
World English Bible (WEB)
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
In context
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Proverbs 20:30 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
- KJV King James Version
- The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.