The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokesreachthe innermost parts.
WEB
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.
YLT
The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
DBT
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.