Sirach 30:12
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Bruise their sides while they are still young, or else they will become stubborn and disobey you.
Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee.
Whip him while he is still a child, and make him respect your authority. If you don't, he will be stubborn and disobedient and cause you nothing but sorrow.
Bow down his head in his youth, beat his sides while he is still young, Lest he become stubborn and disobey you, and leave you disconsolate.
Bend his neck in his youth, and chastise him soundly while he is still a child, or he may become stubborn and disobedient, and you will experience deep sorrow.
Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, or else he will become stubborn and disobey you, and you will have sorrow of soul from him.
Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, or else he will become stubborn and disobey you, and you will have sorrow of soul from him.
Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, or else he will become stubborn and disobey you, and you will have sorrow of soul from him.
beat his sides while he is young, or else he will become stubborn and disobey you.
Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, lest he become stubborn and disobey you, and you have sorrow of soul from him.
Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young, lest he become stubborn and disobey you, and you have sorrow of soul from him.
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.]
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