Proverbs 23 · Verse 13

Proverbs 23:13

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:13, King James Version

Proverbs 23:13 in other translations

BSBDo not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
WEBDon’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
ASVWithhold not correction from the child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
YLTWithhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
DARBYWithhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
BBEDo not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
WebsterWithhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

What does Proverbs 23:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 23:13-14
13-14. While there is little danger that the use of the "divine ordinance of the rod" will produce bodily harm, there is great hope of spiritual good.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 23:12-16

Here is a parent instructing his child to give his mind to the Scriptures. Here is a parent correcting his child: accompanied with prayer, and blessed of God, it may prove a means of preventing his destruction. Here is a parent encouraging his child, telling him what would be for his good. And what a comfort it would be, if herein he answered his expectation!

Read the full comment on Proverbs 23:12-16 →

Proverbs 23:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תִּמְנַ֣עtim.Na'you withholdH4513
מִנַּ֣עַרmi.Na.'arfrom a youthH5288
מוּסָ֑רmu.SardisciplineH4148
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תַכֶּ֥נּוּta.Ke.nuyou will strike himH5221
בַ֝שֵּׁ֗בֶטva.She.vetwith the rodH7626
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יָמֽוּת\׃ya.Muthe will dieH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 23:13

  • Proverbs 13:24

    He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

  • Proverbs 29:15

    The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

  • Proverbs 19:18

    Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

  • Proverbs 29:17

    Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:24; 19:18; 29:15,17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 23:12

    Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:13

    Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

  • Proverbs 23:14

    Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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Proverbs 23:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: porque si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ne manque pas de corriger le jeune garçon; quand tu l’auras frappé de la verge, il n’en mourra pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Entziehe dem Knaben nicht die Züchtigung; wenn du ihn mit der Rute schlägst, wird er nicht sterben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam: si enim percusseris eum virga, non morietur.