Proverbs 3:12

Footnotes

1. 31 Heb “chastens.” The verb יָכַח (yakhakh) here means “to chasten; to punish” ( יכח 1) or “to correct; to rebuke” ( 407 6). The context suggests some kind of corporeal discipline rather than mere verbal rebuke or cognitive correction. This verse is quoted in Heb 12:5–6 to show that suffering in the service of the Lord is a sign of membership in the covenant community (i.e., sonship).
2. 32 reads וּכְאָב (ukh’av, “and like a father”) but the reflects the Hiphil verb וְיַכְאִב (véyakh’iv, “and scourges every son he receives”). Both readings fit the parallelism; however, it is unnecessary to emend which makes perfectly good sense. The fact that the writer of Hebrews quotes this passage from the and it became part of the inspired NT text does not mean that the reflects the original Hebrew reading here.
3. 33 The verb “disciplines” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.