Proverbs 20:30 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Painful punishment stops you from doing evil things. It makes you change to a better way of life.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

A beating can remove evil and make you completely clean.

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Sometimes it takes a painful experience to make us change our ways.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Brutal beatings cleanse away wickedness. Such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts of the body.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The blows of a wound cleanse away evil, so beatings purge the innermost depths of the heart.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Evil is cleansed away by bloody lashes, and a scourging to the inmost being.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Blows and wounds wash evil away. And beatings make you pure deep down inside.

English NIV

Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

English NKJ 1982

Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.

English NLT

Physical punishment cleanses away evil; such discipline purifies the heart.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

When you are punished severely, you learn your lesson well— for painful experiences do wonders to change your life.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Punishment that hurts chases evil from the heart.

English Tyndale 1537

Wounds drive away evil, and so do stripes the inward parts of the body.

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