Proverbs 20:30

NIV: Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

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

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

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

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

BBE: By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

DBY: Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes purge the inner parts of the belly.

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

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

WEB: Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.

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