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Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:13 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Withhold not correction from the child; `For' if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

    ASV

  • Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

    BBE

  • Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

    DBY

  • Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

    WEB

  • Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

    YLT

  • Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

    ENG

  • Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

    WBT

  • Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

    BSB

In context

11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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