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Proverbs 20:30

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

KJV

Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.

Vulgate

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokesreachthe innermost parts.

ASV

חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע תמריק תַּמְר֣וּק בְּ/רָ֑ע וּ֝/מַכּ֗וֹת חַדְרֵי בָֽטֶן

Hebrew

The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֶֽן
hn
noun · 4×
חַדְרֵי
chdry
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 72×
י
y
noun · 7×
י
y
noun · 8×
מַכָּ֣ה
mkh
noun · 48×
מָרֽוּק
mrvq
verb · 4×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
  • Isa 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves
  • Isa 53:5 — But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Prov 19:25 — Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Prov 20:27 — The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
  • Prov 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.