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Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart.
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American Standard Version
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes reach the innermost parts.
Christian Standard Bible
Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.
English Standard Version
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
King James Version
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
New American Standard Bible
Bruising wounds clean away evil, And blows cleanse the innermost parts.
New International Version
Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.
New Living Translation
Physical punishment cleanses away evil; such discipline purifies the heart.
World English Bible
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.