But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
Proverbs 3:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; Neither be weary of his correction: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My son, do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord [His correction by punishment or by subjection to suffering or trial]; neither be weary of or impatient about or loathe or abhor His reproof, [Ps. 94:12; Heb. 12:5, 6; Rev. 3:19.] American Standard Version (1901) My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: Common English Bible Don’t reject the instruction of the LORD, my son; don’t despise his correction. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My son, reject not the correction of the Lord: and do not faint when thou art chastised by him: |
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
“Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you.
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.