Proverbs 3:12 — Compare All Translations

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

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

English ASV

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

English Amplified

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

for the LORD disciplines the one he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

English EASY 2024

He is doing it because he loves you. When a father loves his son very much, he warns him when he does something wrong.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord corrects the one he loves, just as a father corrects a child he cares about.

for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The Lord corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.

English God's Word - GW 1995

because the Lord warns the one he loves, even as a father warns a son with whom he is pleased.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, just as a father, the son he delights in.

English KJV 1611

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

English LSB

For whom Yahweh loves He reproves, Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

for whom the Lord loves He corrects, as a father the son in whom he delights.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

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

For whom the LORD loves he reproves, and he chastises the son he favors.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord trains those he loves. He is like a father who trains the son he is pleased with.

English NIV

because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

English NKJ 1982

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

English NLT

For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for the LORD reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For the Father’s discipline comes only from his passionate love and pleasure for you. Even when it seems like his correction is harsh, it’s still better than any father on earth gives to his child.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Just as a father punishes a son he delights in to make him better, so the Lord corrects you.

English Tyndale 1537

For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

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