Proverbs 19:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Disciplineיַסֵּ֣ר
(yas·ser)
3256: to discipline, chasten, admonisha prim. root
your sonבִּ֭נְךָ
(bin·cha)
1121: sona prim. root
whileכִּי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
thereיֵ֣שׁ
(yesh)
3426: being, substance, existence, isof uncertain derivation
is hope,תִּקְוָ֑ה
(tik·vah;)
8615b: a hopefrom qavah
And do not desireתִּשָּׂ֥א
(tis·sa)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
his death.הֲ֝מִיתֹ֗ו
(ha·mi·tov)
4191: to diea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Chasten
yacar  (yaw-sar')
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct -- bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
thy son
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
while there is
yesh  (yaysh)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are
hope
tiqvah  (tik-vaw')
literally, a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation (-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.
and let not thy soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
spare
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
for his crying
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.

King James Bible
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Discipline your son while there is hope; don't be intent on killing him.

International Standard Version
Discipline your son while there is still hope— but don't set your heart on his destruction.

NET Bible
Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Chasten your son because there is hope and do not cast out your soul to his shame.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Discipline your son while there is still hope. Do not be the one responsible for his death.

King James 2000 Bible
Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying.
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