Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Whip him while he is still a child, and make him respect your authority. If you don't, he will be stubborn and disobedient and cause you nothing but sorrow. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. Sirach 30:10Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Sirach 30:13 Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee. Sirach 30:14 Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. Context Sirach 30…11Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. 12Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. 13Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee.… Cross References Sirach 30:10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Sirach 30:13 Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee. Sirach 30:14 Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils. |