Proverbs 23:13-14
Amplified Bible
13
Do not withhold discipline from the child;
If you [a]swat him with a reed-like rod [applied with godly wisdom], he will not die.
14
You shall [b]swat him with the reed-like rod
And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:13 Lit smite.
- Proverbs 23:14 Lit smite.
Proverbs 23:13-14
New International Version
Saying 13
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.(A)
Proverbs 23:13-14
King James Version
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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