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NASB | Proverbs 20:30 Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 20:30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil, And strokes reach to the innermost parts. |
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Bible Note: Gracefull: You raise good questions that help bring out the meaning of Proverbs 20:30. You are correct when you write: "Can external discipline truly cleanse the heart? No." Who was pierced through for our transgressions? Who was crushed for our iniquities? By whose stripes are we healed? The correct answer to all three questions is the Messiah, Christ. Thus we can never be cleansed from sin by the punishment of our own bodies. NASB Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. AMPLIFIED Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. The meaning of Proverbs 20:30 and other verses like it is simply: "Wise use of corporal punishment deters evil behavior" (John MacArthur). (In the New Living Translation (NLT) the translators' note at Prov. 20:30 says of the word "evil": "The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.") What do I think Proverbs means by innermost being? I would go with the NLT which translates "innermost being" as "the heart". (heart 5 : "one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations (knew it in his heart) (a man after my own heart)" [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary]) Proverbs 20:30 New Living Translation (NLT) Physical punishment cleanses away evil; such discipline purifies the heart. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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