Proverbs 20:26 “A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel ov…”

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

World English Bible

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

American Standard Version

A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

Geneva Bible 1599

A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.

Darby Translation

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Young's Literal Translation

A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Bible in Basic English

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

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Cross references

“wise”

Proverbs 20:8 2 Samuel 4:9–12 Psalm 101:5–8

Proverbs 20:8 · BSB

A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

2 Samuel 4:9–12 · BSB

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Psalm 101:5–8 · BSB

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

“bringeth”

2 Samuel 12:31 Isaiah 28:27 Isaiah 28:28

2 Samuel 12:31 · BSB

David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops return…

Isaiah 28:27 · BSB

Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.

Isaiah 28:28 · BSB

Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly, only later to reconsider his vows.

27The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.

Read Proverbs 20