Verse Comparison: Proverbs 20:30
American Standard Version
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes `reach' the innermost parts.
Amplified® Bible
Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts.
Contemporary English Version
A severe beating can knock all of the evil out of you!
Darby English Version
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
Good News Bible
Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways.
King James Version
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
New American Standard Bible
Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes {reach} the innermost parts.
New International Version
Blows and wounds cleanse away evil,
and beatings purge the inmost being.
New King James Version
Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts.
Revised Standard Version
Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.
Young's Literal Translation
The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
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