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Proverbs 20:26

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

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מְזָרֶ֣הmezarehwinnowזָרָהverb, piel, participle, absolute — “winnow”, a verb used as a describing wordH2219to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnowcast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.רְ֭שָׁעִיםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.מֶ֣לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.חָכָ֑םchakhamwise , manחָכָםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “wise , man”, the ordinary formH2450wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).וַיָּ֖שֶׁבvayashevand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and again”, the next action in the storyH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…עֲלֵיהֶ֣םaleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אוֹפָֽןofanwheelאוֹפָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wheel”, the ordinary formH212a wheelwheel.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λικμήτωρ ἀσεβῶν βασιλεὺς σοφὸς, καὶ ἐπιβαλεῖ αὐτοῖς τροχόν.