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Don’t fail to discipline your children. The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
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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 King James Version
Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
World English Bible
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.