The Meaning of Proverbs 29:17 Explained

Proverbs 29:17

KJV: Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

YLT: Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Darby: Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.

ASV: Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Correct  thy son,  and he shall give thee rest;  yea, he shall give  delight  unto thy soul. 

What does Proverbs 29:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 29

1  observations of public government
15  and of private
22  Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice and corruption

What do the individual words in Proverbs 29:17 mean?

Correct your son and he will give you rest and Yes he will give delight to your soul -
יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָ וְיִתֵּ֖ן מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ פ

יַסֵּ֣ר  Correct 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָסַר 
Sense: to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish.
בִּ֭נְךָ  your  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָ  and  he  will  give  you  rest 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular
Root: נוּחַ 
Sense: to rest.
וְיִתֵּ֖ן  and  Yes  he  will  give 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים  delight 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַעֲדַנִּים  
Sense: dainty (food), delight.
לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ  to  your  soul 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation