Proverbs 23:14 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

English ASV

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

English Amplified

You shall whip him with the rod and deliver his life from Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You shall whip him with the rod and deliver his life from Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead).

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Punish him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

English EASY 2024

Punishment may save them from death.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

In fact, you might save their lives. — 13 —

If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

As a matter of fact, it may save their lives.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Spank him yourself, and you will save his soul from hell.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Strike him with a rod, and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

You shall strike him with the rod And deliver his soul from Sheol.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You will strike him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Beat him with the rod, and you will save him from the nether world.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So correct him. Then you will save him from death.

English NIV

Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

English NKJ 1982

You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.

English NLT

Physical discipline may well save them from death.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If you beat them with the rod, you will save their lives from Sheol.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

A good spanking could be the very thing that teaches him a lifelong lesson!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If you beat him with the rod you will save his life from Sheol.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Punishment will keep them out of hell.

English Tyndale 1537

Thou smitest him with the rod, but thou deliverest his soul from hell.

Proverbs 23:14 — Compare Translations