Proverbs 22:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 22:6 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 22:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 22:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — World English Bible
Proverbs 22:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 22:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 22:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 22:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 22:6 in Context — Proverbs 22
4 Riquezas, y honra, y vida, [son] la remuneración de la humildad [y] del temor de Jehová.
5 Espinas [y] lazos hay en el camino del perverso: el que guarda su alma se alejará de ellos.
6 Instruye al niño en su carrera: aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de ella.
7 El rico se enseñoreará de los pobres; y el que toma prestado, siervo es del que empresta.
8 El que sembrare iniquidad, iniquidad segará: y consumiráse la vara de su ira.
What Does Proverbs 22:6 Mean?
Proverbs 22:6 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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