I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.(A)

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I saw among the inexperienced,[a]
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.

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Notas al pie

  1. 7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive

Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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Start a youth out on his way;(A)
even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(A)

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15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(A)

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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)

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13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
    but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)

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15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)

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Notas al pie

  1. 29:15 Lit youth sent away