Proverbs 20:30

In other versions

• Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes `reach' the innermost parts.

  ASV

• By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

  BBE

• Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.

  DBY

• Wounding blows cleanse away evil, And beatings purge the innermost parts.

  WEB

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

  YLT

• The blueness of a wound cleanses away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

  ENG

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

  WBT

• Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

  BSB

In context

Cross-references

• Hebrews 12:10
• Proverbs 22:15
• Proverbs 19:25
• Isaiah 53:5
• Isaiah 27:9