Proverbs 22:15
New International Version
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

New Living Translation
A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness, but physical discipline will drive it far away.

English Standard Version
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Berean Standard Bible
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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

New King James Version
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

New American Standard Bible
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

NASB 1995
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

NASB 1977
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Amplified Bible
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.

Christian Standard Bible
Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth; the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

American Standard Version
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Senselessness disturbs the heart of a boy and a rod of discipline puts it far from him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

Contemporary English Version
All children are foolish, but firm correction will make them change.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Foolishness is firmly attached to a child's heart. Spanking will remove it far from him.

Good News Translation
Children just naturally do silly, careless things, but a good spanking will teach them how to behave.

International Standard Version
A child's heart has a tendency to do wrong, but the rod of discipline removes it far away from him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Literal Standard Version
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, | The rod of discipline puts it far from him.

Majority Standard Bible
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

New American Bible
Folly is bound to the heart of a youth, but the rod of discipline will drive it out.

NET Bible
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

New Revised Standard Version
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

New Heart English Bible
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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

World English Bible
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Young's Literal Translation
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Good Name
14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.…

Cross References
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Proverbs 20:30
Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

Proverbs 23:14
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.


Treasury of Scripture

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

foolishness

Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

but

Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 19:18
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 23:13,14
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die…

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(15) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child.--Self-will is meant. (See above on Proverbs 1:7.) Children have to be taught to yield their wills to others.

Verse 15. - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child. Foolishness (ivveleth) here implies the love of mischief, the waywardness and self-will, belonging to children, bound up in their very nature. Septuagint, "Folly is attached (ἐξῆπται) to the heart of the young," in which version Cornelius a Lapide sees an allusion to the ornament hung by fond parents round the neck of a child whom they were inclined to spoil rather than to train in self-denying ways. To such a child folly adheres as closely as the bulla with which he is decorated. But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. Judicious education overcomes this natural tendency, by punishing it when exhibited, and imparting wisdom and piety (see on Proverbs 13:24 and Proverbs 19:18; and comp. Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 29:15; Ecclus. 30:1, etc). The LXX. pursue their notion of the the indulgent parents letting the child have his own way, for they render the last clause, "But the rod and discipline are far from him."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Foolishness
אִ֭וֶּלֶת (’iw·we·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 200: Silliness

[is] bound up
קְשׁוּרָ֣ה (qə·šū·rāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

in the heart
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of a child,
נָ֑עַר (nā·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

[but] the rod
שֵׁ֥בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of discipline
מ֝וּסָ֗ר (mū·sār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4148: Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint

will drive it far
יַרְחִיקֶ֥נָּה (yar·ḥî·qen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

from him.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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