Proverbs 23:14 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 23:14 NIV (New International Version)
Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
Proverbs 23:14 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 23:14 NLT (New Living Translation)
Physical discipline may well save them from death.
Proverbs 23:14 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Punish him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.
Proverbs 23:14 KJV (King James Version)
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 23:14 NKJV (New King James Version)
You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs 23:13-14 MSG (The Message)
Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won’t kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.
Proverbs 23:14 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 23:14 AMP (Amplified Bible)
You shall swat him with the reed-like rod And rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
Proverbs 23:14 NET (New English Translation)
If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.