Verse Comparison: Proverbs 20:30
American Standard Version
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes `reach' the innermost parts.
Amplified® Bible
Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts.
Darby English Version
Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the belly.
King James Version
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Revised Standard Version
Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.
Young's Literal Translation
The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!