KJV: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
YLT: Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
Darby: Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
ASV: Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
חֲנֹ֣ךְ | Train up |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: חָנַךְ Sense: to train, dedicate, inaugurate. |
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לַ֭נַּעַר | a child |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer. |
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פִּ֣י | he should go |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: פֶּה Sense: mouth. |
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דַרְכּ֑וֹ | the way |
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner. |
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יַ֝זְקִ֗ין | he is old |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: זָקֵן Sense: to be old, become old. |
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יָס֥וּר | he will depart |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: סוּר Sense: to turn aside, depart. |
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מִמֶּֽנָּה | from it |
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than. |