15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;

But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

15 A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,

but physical discipline will drive it far away.

15 Every child is full of foolishness,

but punishment can get rid of it.

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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

15 Foolishness is firmly attached to a child’s heart. 

Spanking will remove it far from him. 

15 Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;

the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy,

but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy;

the rod of discipline will drive it from him.

15 A child is going to do foolish things.

But correcting him will drive his foolishness far away from him.

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.