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Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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אִ֭וֶּלֶתiveletfollyאִוֶּלֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “folly”, the ordinary formH200sillinessfolly, foolishly(-ness).קְשׁוּרָ֣הqeshurahbindקָשַׁרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “bind”, a verb used as a describing wordH7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).בְלֶבvelevin comfortablyלֵבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…נָ֑עַרnaarboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).שֵׁ֥בֶטshevetdartשֵׁבֶטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “dart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.מ֝וּסָ֗רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chastisement”, the ordinary formH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּהyarchiqenahlooseרָחַקverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “loose”, an unfinished actionH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).מִמֶּֽנּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

World English Bible

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Darby Translation

Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Douay-Rheims

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἄνοια ἐξῆπται καρδίας νέου, ῥάβδος δὲ καὶ παιδεία μακρὰν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.