[和合本] 趁有指望，管教你的儿子，你的心不可任他死亡。
[新标点] 趁有指望，管教你的儿子；你的心不可任他死亡。
[和合修] 趁还有指望，管教你的儿子，不可执意摧毁他。
[新译本] 趁着还有指望的时候，要管教你的儿子；不可存心任他死亡。
[当代修] 管教孩子宜早不宜晚， 不可任由他走向灭亡。
[现代修] 趁儿女年幼可教时，应即时管教，但不可过激，以致毁灭了他们。
[吕振中] 趁有指望时、要管教你的儿子（或译：要管教你的儿子，因为还有指望）；不可立意（或译：不可任意）害死他。
[思高本] 尚有希望时，应处罚儿子；但不可存心置他于死地。
[文理本] 子既有望、宜加惩责、勿任其败亡、
[GNT] Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn. If you don't, you are helping them destroy themselves.
[BBE] Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
[KJV] Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
[NKJV] Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.
[KJ21] Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare him for his crying.
[NASB] Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire (Lit causing him to die)his death.
[NRSV] Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
[WEB] Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.
[ESV] Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
[NIV] Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
[NIrV] Train your child. Then there is hope. Don't do anything to bring about his death.
[HCSB] Discipline your son while there is hope; don't be intent on killing him.
[CSB] Discipline your son while there is hope; don't be intent on killing him.
[AMP] Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.
[NLT] Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
[YLT] Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.