Proverbs 20:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 20:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Better, The blueness of a wound is a cleansing of evil, so are the stripes that go down to the inward parts of the belly. The open sores of wounds left by the scourge, unclean and foul as they se...
Proverbs 20:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(k) The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly. (k) Sharp punishment that pierces even the inward parts is profitable for the wicked to bring them to...
Proverbs 20:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cleanseth away . is cleansing. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), "[though it be] an evil". evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. belly. Supply the Ellipsis from preceding clause, "[though they be an evil]...
Proverbs 20:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. The blueness of a wound - חברות chabburoth, from חבר chabar, to unite, to join together. Does it not refer...
Proverbs 20:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The blueness of a wound— This is a very obscure passage. I think, says Dr. Grey, Le Clerc's interpretation the best I have met with; that a wicked man, who has received due correction for his crime...
Proverbs 20:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. The blueness of a wound (severe chastisement, of which blueness of a wound is the sign) cleanseth awa...
Proverbs 20:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The blueness of a wound. — Rather, the stripes of a wound, or wounds which cut into the flesh, cleanse away evil. So do stripes the inward parts of the belly. — Better, and blows (which reac...
Proverbs 20:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...
Proverbs 20:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the...
Proverbs 20:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil ,.... Rubs it off and scours it away, as the word m signifies, or is a clearing and rubbing it off; some men must be beaten black and blue, or must have v...
Proverbs 20:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly. Ver. 30. The blueness of the wound cleanseth. ] Some must be beaten black and blue ere they will be bett...
Proverbs 20:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil Grievous wounds which make men black and blue, or severe punishments, are the means which are frequently most effectual to reclaim a wicked man, and to p...
Proverbs 20:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. Note, 1. Many need severe rebukes. Some children are so obstinate that their parents ca...
Proverbs 20:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The blueness of a wound, grievous wounds, which make men black and blue, or severe punishments, cleanseth away evil; are the most effectual means to reclaim a wicked man, and to purge out his cor...
Proverbs 20:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:30 . The blueness of a wound . Cutting wounds (Delitzsch ), Wounding stripes (Zöckler ). Miller translates the “ welts ” ( i.e. , the tumid and purple confines of a...
Proverbs 20:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 30. The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil, literally, "Wounding stripes purge away evil"; so do stripes the inward parts of the belly, for a proper measure of severe discipline penetrate...
Proverbs 20:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:10 ; Isaiah 27:9 ; Proverbs 19:25 ; Proverbs 22:15
Proverbs 20:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The blueness — Grievous wounds, which make men black and blue; or severe punishments. Cleanseth — Are the means to reclaim a wicked man, and to purge out his corruption. The belly — Of the heart. G...

Proverbs 20:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes