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# General Information:
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These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).
# Do not withhold instruction from a child
The abstract noun "instruction" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "Do not neglect to instruct a child" or "Do not refuse to instruct a child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# withhold
refuse to give something that one knows another person needs
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# beat him with the rod
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These words are either 1) a metaphor for training and disciplining him even when he considers the training and discipline painful or 2) to be taken literally. Alternate translation: "discipline him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])