Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
KJV
Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.
Vulgate
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.
ASV
מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַ/יָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵי/הֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן
Hebrew
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אוֹפַ֣ן
'vpn
noun · 35×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
ם
m
verb · 39×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:6 — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- 2Sam 12:31 — And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the c
- Prov 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- Prov 20:8 — A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
- Ps 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
- Ps 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.