50 Or “desecrate.”
51 Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.” Despite the harsh image of beating … with a club, the language reflects a father-son relationship (see v. 30; 2 Sam 7:14). According to Proverbs, a שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “club”) was sometimes utilized to administer corporal punishment to rebellious children (see Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13–14; 29:15).
52 Heb “with blows their sin.”

In other versions

If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my rules,

if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with stripes,

“If his sons forsake my law

and do not follow my statutes,

if they violate my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

I will punish their sin with the rod,

their iniquity with flogging;

If his sons abandon my instruction

and do not live by my ordinances,

if they dishonor my statutes

and do not keep my commands,

then I will call their rebellion

to account with the rod,

their iniquity with blows.

But if his descendants forsake my instructions

and fail to obey my regulations,

if they do not obey my decrees

and fail to keep my commands,

then I will punish their sin with the rod,

and their disobedience with beating.

If his sons forsake my law

and do not walk in my judgments,

if they defile my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

then I will punish their transgression with a rod,

and their guilt with wounds.

If his children forsake my law,

And walk not in my judgments;

If they break my statutes,

And keep not my commandments;

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,

And their iniquity with stripes.

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