Proverbs 23:13–14
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13Don’t hesitate to discipline children. A good spanking won’t kill them. 14As a matter of fact, it may save their lives.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Punish them with the rod
and save them from death.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.
Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
Physical discipline
may well save them from death.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do not withhold discipline from a child,
if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die.
As for you, with the rod you shall beat him,
and his life you will save from Sheol.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Withhold not correction from the child:
For if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod,
And shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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