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Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
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American Standard Version
Withhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Christian Standard Bible
Don’t withhold discipline from a youth; if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.
English Standard Version
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
King James Version
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
New American Standard Bible
Do not withhold discipline from a child; Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
New International Version
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
New Living Translation
Don’t fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
World English Bible
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.