11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- KJV King James Version
- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Teach children the right way to live, and when they grow up they'll go on doing so.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֲנֹ֣ךְ | ḥă·nōḵ | Train up | H2596 חָנַךְ to dedicate |
| לַ֭נַּעַר | lan·na·‘ar | a child | H5288 נַ֫עַר youth |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | in | H5921 עַל upon |
| פִּ֣י | pî | he should go | H6310 פֶּה lip |
| דַרְכּ֑וֹ | ḏar·kōw | the way | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| גַּ֥ם | gam | and | H1571 גַּם also |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | when | H3588 כִּי for |
| יַ֝זְקִ֗ין | yaz·qîn | he is old | H2204 זָקֵן be old |
| לֹֽא־ | lō- | he will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| יָס֥וּר | yā·sūr | depart | H5493 סוּר to turn aside: remove |
| מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ | mim·men·nāh | from it | H4480 מִן־ from |
Related verses
- Ephesians 6:4
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 6:7
and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
- Genesis 18:19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
- Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;
- Psalm 78:3–6
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; …
- 1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.
- 1 Samuel 2:26
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
- 1 Samuel 12:2–3
Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day. Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Read all of Proverbs 22 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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