Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:30
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
- KJV
- The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.cleanseth…: Heb. is a purging medicine against
- WEB
- Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
- ASV
- Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.
- LSV
- Blows that wound cleanse away evil, || Also the scourges of the inner parts of the heart!
- YLT
- The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
- DBY
- Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
- DRC
- The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
- GNV
- The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.
- JPS
- Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts.
- LXXE
- Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues shall come into the inward parts of their belly.
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- Written (Ketiv): תַּמְרִיק (“it cleanses away”). Read aloud (Qere): תַּמְר֣וּק (“[are] a cleansing”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads תַּמְר֣יּק; read aloud (Qere) reads תַּמְר֣וּק (“[are] a cleansing”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע תמריק בְּרָ֑ע וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃Read aloud as (qere): תַּמְר֣וּק
- LXX-Br
- Ὑπώπια καὶ συντρίμματα συναντᾷ κακοῖς, πληγαὶ δὲ εἰς ταμιεῖα κοιλίας.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 19:25Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Isaiah 53:5But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain…
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