Proverbs 23 · Verse 14

Proverbs 23:14

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 23:14, King James Version

Proverbs 23:14 in other translations

BSBStrike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
WEBPunish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
ASVThou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
YLTThou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
DARBYthou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
BBEGive him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
WebsterThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

What does Proverbs 23:14 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod - A proper correction of children was a favourite point of discipline with Solomon. We have already seen how forcibly he speaks on this subject. See the notes on the places referred to in 1Cor 5:5 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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!

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Proverbs 23:14 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.

אַ֭תָּה'A.tahyouH859
בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶטba.She.vetwith the rodH7626
תַּכֶּ֑נּוּta.Ke.nuyou will strike himH5221
וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹve.naf.Shoand life hisH5315
מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmi.she.'olfrom SheolH7585
תַּצִּֽיל\׃ta.Tzilyou will deliverH5337

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

Cross references for Proverbs 23:14

  • 1 Corinthians 5:5

    To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • Proverbs 22:15

    Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:32

    But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:15; 1Co 5:5; 11:32

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 23:15

    My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Read all of Proverbs 23

Proverbs 23:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu le frapperas de la verge, mais tu délivreras son âme du shéol.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du schlägst ihn mit der Rute, und du errettest seine Seele von dem Scheol.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tu virga percuties eum, et animam ejus de inferno liberabis.