Proverbs 20:26
Strong's Lexicon
A wise
חָכָ֑ם (ḥā·ḵām)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2450: 1) wise, wise (man) 1a) skilful (in technical work) 1b) wise (in administration) 1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle 1d) learned, shrewd (class of men) 1e) prudent 1f) wise (ethically and religiously)

king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

separates out
מְזָרֶ֣ה (mə·zā·reh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2219: 1) to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to scatter 1a2) to fan, winnow 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal) 1c2) to winnow, sift 1d) (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out

the wicked
רְ֭שָׁעִים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

and drives
וַיָּ֖שֶׁב (way·yā·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

the threshing wheel
אוֹפָֽן׃ (’ō·w·p̄ān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 212: 1) wheel 1a) chariot wheel 1b) wheel in Ezekiel's vision 1c) wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon's temple

over them.
עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Young's Literal Translation
A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

New American Standard Bible
A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the [threshing] wheel over them.

King James Bible
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.

New Living Translation
A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat, then runs his threshing wheel over them.

English Standard Version
A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.

New American Standard Bible
A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

International Standard Version
A wise king sifts the wicked, crushing them with the threshing wheel.

NET Bible
A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.

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

English Revised Version
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the threshing wheel over them.

Young's Literal Translation
A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.
















Cross References
Ruth 3:2
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 28:27
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

Proverbs 20:24
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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