EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Proverbs 20:26
26A wise king can pick out wicked people, and he will punish them as they deserve.
Proverbs 20:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
- New International Version (NIV)A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
Context of Proverbs 20:26
24The Lord chooses the way that we take through life. We cannot understand what will happen to us. 25Do not be too quick to promise to give something to God. If you want to change your mind, you have made a trap for yourself. A wise king can pick out wicked people, and he will punish them as they deserve. 27The Lord makes our human spirit like his lamp inside us. It shows us what we are really like. 28A king should rule with faithful love and truth. If he is honest and fair, he will continue to rule.
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:26 word by word
מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַיָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:26
- Proverbs 20:8When a king sits on his throne as judge, he sees what is evil and he removes it.
- 2 Samuel 4:9David answered Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. He said to them, ‘The Lord has rescued me from all my troubles. So I tell you this, as surely as the Lord lives:
- Psalms 101:5If anyone secretly speaks against his friend, I will destroy them. If anyone is proud and they boast about themselves, I will send them away from me.
- 2 Samuel 12:31He brought the people out from the city to do hard work for him. He made them cut wood with saws, and use iron tools and axes. He also made them work at the brick ovens. He did the same thing to the people of all the other Ammonite cities. Then David and all his army returned to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 28:27After the harvest, the farmer knows how to remove seeds from dill or from cummin. He will not pull a heavy iron weight over dill. He will not run the wheels of a cart over cummin. Instead, he will hit them with a light stick.
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Bringeth the wheel over them - He threshes them in his anger, as the wheel does the grain on the threshing-floor. Every one knows that grain was separated from its husks, in Palestine, by the feet of the oxen trampling among the sheaves, or bringing a rough-shod wheel over them. Asiatic kings often threshed their people, to bring out their property; but this is not what is intended here.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The wheel - The threshing wheel Isaiah 28:27-28, which passes over the grain and separates the grain from the chaff. The proverb involves therefore the idea of the division of the good from the evil, no less than that of the punishment of the latter.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26A king represents God on earth, so he should help good people and punish wrongdoers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. (Compare Pr 20:8). bringeth ... over them--The wheel was used for threshing grain. The figure denotes severity (compare Am 1:3).Read the comment
Topics related to Proverbs 20:26
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries