A Father’s Discipline

Proverbs 13:24

In 11 translations

BSB: He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
KJV: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
WEB: One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
ASV: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
LSV: Whoever is sparing his rod is hating his son, || And whoever is loving him has hurried his discipline.
YLT: Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
DBY: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
DRC: He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes.
GNV: He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.
JPS: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
LXXE: He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ שִׁ֭בְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵ֣א בְנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹ שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹ מוּסָֽר׃
LXX-Br: Ὃς φείδεται τῆς βακτηρίας, μισεῖ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν, ἐπιμελῶς παιδεύει.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 23:13–14Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Hebrews 12:6–8For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience…
Proverbs 3:12for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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