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Proverbs 22:15
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:15
English Standard Version
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but (A)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
New English Translation
Proverbs 22:15
New English Translation
15 Folly is bound up[a] in the heart of a child,[b]
but the rod of discipline[c] will drive it far from him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:15 sn The passive participle is figurative (implied comparison with “binding”); it means that folly forms part of a child’s nature (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 238).
- Proverbs 22:15 tn The “heart of a child” (לֶב־נָעַר, lev naʿar) refers here to the natural inclination of a child to foolishness. The younger child is meant in this context, but the word can include youth. R. N. Whybray suggests that this idea might be described as a doctrine of “original folly” (Proverbs [CBC], 125). Cf. TEV “Children just naturally do silly, careless things.”
- Proverbs 22:15 tn The word “rod” is a metonymy of adjunct; it represents physical chastening for direction or punishment, to suppress folly and develop potential. The genitive (“discipline”) may be taken as an attributive genitive (“a chastening rod”) or an objective genitive, (“a rod [= punishment] that brings about correction/discipline”).
English Standard Version (ESV)
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