Proverbs 19:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

KJV

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.for…: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die

WEB

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

ASV

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

LSV

Discipline your son, for there is hope, || And do not lift up your soul to put him to death.

YLT

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

DBY

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing him.

DRC

Chastise thy son, despair not: but to the killing of him set not thy soul.

GNV

Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

JPS

Chasten thy son, for there is hope; but set not thy heart on his destruction.

LXXE

Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ אַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

LXX-Br

Παίδευε υἱόν σου, οὕτως γὰρ ἔσται εὔελπις, εἰς δὲ ὕβριν μὴ ἐπαίρου τῇ ψυχῇ σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
• Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• 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.
• Hebrews 12:7–10Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.…
• Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

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