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11 Give thou not power to him in youth, and despise thou not his thoughts.

12 Bow thou (down) his neck in youth, and beat thou his sides, while he is a young child; lest peradventure he wax hard, and believe not to thee, and he shall be (a) sorrow of (or to) (thy) soul to thee. [Crook the noll of him in youth, and beat the sides of him, while he is an infant; lest peradventure he inwardly harden, and believe not to thee, and he shall be to thee sorrow of soul.]

13 Teach thy son, and work in him; lest thou offend into the filth of him (or lest his filthy behaviour offend thee).

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