Proverbs 20:30
WEB
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
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.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H2250
n-f — bound, weal
Derivation: or חַבֻּרָה; or חֲבֻרָה; from 2266;
properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)
KJV: blueness, bruise, hurt, stripe, wound.
n.f — stripe
חַבּוּרָה, [חַבֻּרָה, חַבֻרָה] n.f. stripe, blow
H6482
n-m — wound
Derivation: from 6481;
a wound
KJV: wound(-ing).
n.m — bruise
פֶּ֫צַע n.m. bruise, wound
H8562
n-m — scouring, soap, perfumery, detergent
Derivation: or תַּמְרֻק; or תַּמְרִיק; from 4838;
properly, a scouring, i.e. soap or perfumery for the bath; figuratively, a detergent
KJV: × cleanse, (thing for) purification(-fying).
n.[m.] — scouring
תַּמְרוּק n.[m.] id. [m.do.ab]
H7451
a n-m n-f — bad, evil
Derivation: from 7489;
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
n.m — evil
רַע 126 n.m. evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
1. evil, distress, adversity
2. evil, injury, wrong
3. ethical evil
adj — bad
רַע 228 adj. bad, evil
1. bad, disagreeable, malignant
2. bad, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery
3. evil, displeasing
4. bad of its kind
5. bad, , i.e. of low value
6. מִן comp., worse than
7. sad, unhappy
8. devise evil (hurtful) device
9. bad, unkind, vicious in disposition or temper
10. ethically bad, evil, wicked
n.f — evil
רָעָה 310 n.f. evil, misery, distress, injury
1. evil, misery, distress
2. evil, injury, wrong
3. ethical evil
H4347
n-f — blow, wound, carnage, pestilence
Derivation: or (masculine) מַכֶּה; (plural only) from 5221;
a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, × sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
n.f — blow
מַכָּה n.f. blow, wound, slaughter
H2315
n-m — apartment
Derivation: from 2314;
an apartment (usually literal)
KJV: ((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, south, × within.
n.m — chamber
חֶ֫דֶר n.m. chamber, room
H990
n-f — belly, womb, bosom, body
Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow;
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
KJV: belly, body, as they be born, within, womb.
n.f — belly
בֶּ֫טֶן n.f. belly, body, womb
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Verse 30
Proverbs 20:30
Note, 1. Many need severe rebukes. Some children are so obstinate that their parents can do no good with them without sharp correction; some criminals must feel the rigour of the law and public justice; gentle methods will not work upon them; they must be beaten black and blue. And the wise God sees that his own children sometimes need very sharp afflictions. 2. Severe rebukes sometimes do a great deal of good, as corrosives contribute to the cure of a wound, eating out the proud flesh. The rod drives out even that foolishness which was bound up in the heart, and cleanses away the evil there. 3. Frequently those that most need severe rebukes can worse bear them. Such is the corruption of nature that men are as loth to be rebuked sharply for their sins as to be beaten till their bones ache. Correction is grievous to him that forsakes the way, and yet it is good for him, Heb 12:11.
Cross-references: Heb 12:11