489 B
489 B
Strike a mocker, and the naive person
"If you strike a mocker, the naive person"
Strike
"Punish"
naive person
"inexperienced person" or "immature person"
prudent
See how you translated this word in Proverbs 12:23.
discipline one who is discerning, and
"if you discipline one who is discerning,"
he will gain knowledge
The abstract noun "knowledge" can be stated as "know." AT: "he will know more" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)