Proverbs 3:12

In 11 translations

BSB

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.LXX and He flogs every son He receives; cited in Hebrews 12:6

KJV

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

WEB

for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

ASV

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

LSV

For whom YHWH loves He reproves, || Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

YLT

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

DBY

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

DRC

For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

GNV

For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.

JPS

For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

LXXE

for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.

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WLC

כִּ֤י אֶ֥ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶאֱהַ֣ב יְהוָ֣ה יוֹכִ֑יחַ וּ֝כְאָ֗ב אֶת־בֵּ֥ן יִרְצֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος, ἐλέγχει, μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.

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• Deuteronomy 8:5So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
• Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Proverbs 29:17Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
• Proverbs 13:24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

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