Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
WEB
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
YLT
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
DBT
Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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.