the blueness of a wound Lit. stripes of (such as to cause) a wound. Render, with R.V.,

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil:

And strokes reach the innermost parts of the belly.

The expression, the blueness of a wound, is taken probably from the livor vulnerisof the Vulgate, and indicates a blow so severe as to leave a blue, livid wound or weal behind it.

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