Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
Colossians 3:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] American Standard Version (1901) Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. Common English Bible Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. Catholic Public Domain Version Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged. |
Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.
for whom the LORD loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,