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Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּמְנַ֣עtimnadenyמָנַעverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “deny”, a wish or indirect commandH4513to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injurydeny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.מִנַּ֣עַרminaarfrom boyנַעַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from 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).מוּסָ֑רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, 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.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…תַכֶּ֥נּוּtakenvstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “strike”, an unfinished actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶטvashevetin dartשֵׁבֶטpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dart”, the ordinary formH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָמֽוּתyamutdieמוּתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “die”, an unfinished actionH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Young’s Literal Translation

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

World English Bible

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Darby Translation

Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

Douay-Rheims

Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Withhold not correction from the child; for though thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ἀπόσχῃ νήπιον παιδεύειν, ὅτι ἐὰν πατάξῃς αὐτὸν ῥάβδῳ, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ.