Proverbs 29:15
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29:15A rod and reproof46 impart47 wisdom,
but a child who is unrestrained48 brings shame49 to his mother.50
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- 46 The word “rod” is a metonymy of cause, in which the instrument being used to discipline is mentioned in place of the process of disciplining someone. So the expression refers to the process of discipline that is designed to correct someone. Some understand the words “rod and reproof” to form a hendiadys, meaning “a correcting [or, reproving] rod” (cf. , “the rod of correction”).
- 47 Heb “gives” (so ).
- 48 The form is a Pual participle; the form means “to let loose” (from the meaning “to send”; cf. , “left to himself”), and so in this context “unrestrained.”
- 49 The Hebrew participle translated “brings shame” is a metonymy of effect; the cause is the unruly and foolish things that an unrestrained child will do.
- 50 The focus on the mother is probably a rhetorical variation for the “parent” (e.g., 17:21; 23:24–25) and is not meant to assume that only the mother will do the training and endure the shame for a case like this (e.g., 13:24; 23:13).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a youth left to himself
is a disgrace to his mother.
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NLTNew Living Translation
To discipline a child produces wisdom,
but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom,
but a neglected child is disgraced by his mother.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The rod and reproof give wisdom:
But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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