ASV: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

BBE: Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

DBY: Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

KJV: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

JPS: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

WBS: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

WEB: Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

YLT: Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
