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Proverbs 20:26

NETBible	A wise king separates out¹ the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.²
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:26	A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:26	A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:26	A wise king finds the wicked, lays them out like wheat, then runs the crushing wheel over them.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:26	After careful scrutiny, a wise leader makes a clean sweep of rebels and dolts.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:26	A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:26	A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:26	A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
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KJV	A wise <02450> king <04428> scattereth <02219> (8764) the wicked <07563>_, and bringeth <07725> (8686) the wheel <0212> over them.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:26	A wise <02450> king <04428> winnows <02219> the wicked <07563> , And drives <07725> the threshing wheel <0212> over <05921> them.
LXXM	likmhtwr {N-NSM} asebwn <765> A-GPM basileuv <935> N-NSM sofov <4680> A-NSM kai <2532> CONJ epibalei <1911> V-FAI-3S autoiv <846> D-DPM trocon <5164> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	A wise <02450> king <04428> separates out <02219> the wicked <07563> ; he turns <07725> the threshing wheel <0212> over <05921> them.
HEBREW	Npwa <0212> Mhyle <05921> bsyw <07725> Mkx <02450> Klm <04428> Myesr <07563> hrzm (20:26) <02219>

NETBible

A wise king separates out¹ the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “winnows” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). The sage draws on the process of winnowing to explain how the king uncovers and removes wickedness. The verb from which the participle מְזָרֶה (mÿzareh) is derived means “to separate; to winnow; to scatter”; the implied comparison means that the king will separate good people from bad people like wheat is separated from chaff. The image of winnowing is also used in divine judgment. The second line of the verse uses a detail of the process to make the point. Driving a wheel over the wheat represents the threshing process; the sharp iron wheels of the cart would easily serve the purpose (e.g., Isa 28:27-28).

²tn The king has the wisdom/ability to destroy evil from his kingdom. See also D. W. Thomas, “Proverbs 20:26,” JTS 15 (1964): 155-56.