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Proverbs 29:15 Interlinear

“The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to shame to himself bringeth his mother”

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Proverbs 29 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שֵׁ֣בֶט	H7626	The rod	a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
2	וְ֭תוֹכַחַת	H8433	and reproof	chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defense)
3	יִתֵּ֣ן	H5414	give	to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
4	חָכְמָ֑ה	H2451	wisdom	wisdom (in a good sense)
5	וְנַ֥עַר	H5288	but a child	(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
6	מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח	H7971	left	to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
7	מֵבִ֥ישׁ	H954	to shame	properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
8	אִמּֽוֹ׃	H517	to himself bringeth his mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

Proverbs 29:15 (current)The rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to shame to himself bringeth his mother