Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
WEB
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
YLT
Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
DBT
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.