Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2250 [e] חַבֻּר֣וֹת ḥab-bu-rō-wṯ Blows N-fpc 6482 [e] פֶּ֭צַע pe-ṣa‘ that hurt N-ms   [תמריק] [tam-rîq - Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs   ḵ]   4838 [e] (תַּמְר֣וּק) (tam-rūq cleanse away N-ms   q)   7451 [e] בְּרָ֑ע bə-rā‘; evil Prep-b | Adj-ms 4347 [e] וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת ū-mak-kō-wṯ, and as [do] stripes Conj-w | N-fpc 2315 [e] חַדְרֵי־ ḥaḏ-rê- the inner depths N-mpc 990 [e] בָֽטֶן׃ ḇā-ṭen. of the heart N-fs

New American Standard Bible
Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lashes and wounds purge away evil, and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.

cleanseth away evil or is a purging medicine against evil

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