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Proverbs 23:14

NETBible	If you strike¹ him with the rod, you will deliver him² from death.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 23:14	Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 23:14	You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 23:14	Physical discipline may well save them from death.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 23:14	A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 23:14	Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 23:14	If you beat them with the rod, you will save their lives from Sheol.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 23:14	You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
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KJV	Thou shalt beat <05221> (8686) him with the rod <07626>_, and shalt deliver <05337> (8686) his soul <05315> from hell <07585>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 23:14	You shall strike <05221> him with the rod <07626> And rescue <05337> his soul <05315> from Sheol <07585> .
LXXM	su <4771> P-NS men <3303> PRT gar <1063> PRT pataxeiv <3960> V-FAI-2S auton <846> D-ASM rabdw {N-DSF} thn <3588> T-ASF de <1161> PRT quchn <5590> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM ek <1537> PREP yanatou <2288> N-GSM rush {V-FMI-2S}
NET [draft] ITL	If you <0859> strike <05221> him with the rod <07626> , you will deliver <05337> him <05315> from death <07585> .
HEBREW	lyut <05337> lwasm <07585> wspnw <05315> wnkt <05221> jbsb <07626> hta (23:14) <0859>

NETBible

If you strike¹ him with the rod, you will deliver him² from death.³

NET Notes

¹tn Or “punish” (NIV). The syntax of these two lines suggests a conditional clause (cf. NCV, NRSV).

²tn Heb “his soul.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) functions as a synecdoche of part (= soul) for the whole (= person); see BDB 660 s.v. 4.

³tn The term שְׁאוֹל (shÿ’ol, “Sheol”) in this context probably means “death” (so NIV, NCV, NLT) and not the realm of the departed (wicked) spirits (cf. NAB “the nether world”). In the wisdom of other lands, Ahiqar 6:82 says, “If I strike you, my son, you will not die.” The idea is that discipline helps the child to a full life; if the child dies prematurely, it would be more than likely a consequence of not being trained by discipline. In the book of Proverbs the “death” mentioned here could be social as well as physical.