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A wise king winnows out the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.
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The Threshing Floor of Justice
All commentators agree that this verse uses the agricultural metaphor of threshing grain. A wise king, like a farmer, must separate the valuable 'grain' (the righteous) from the worthless 'chaff' (the wicked). The 'winnowing' and the 'threshing wheel' describe the active process of discerning and separating evil from the community to preserve its health and integrity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The wheel - The threshing wheel (Isaiah 28:27–28), which passes over the grain and separates the grain from the chaff. The prove…
19th Century
Anglican
A wise king scattereth the wicked— Rather, winnows them.
And bringeth the wheel over them
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A wise king scatters the wicked Or "fans [them] away" {i}; separates them from his good counselors, courtiers, and s…
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Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous.
