Proverbs 22:6

Proverbs 22:6 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6Start children off on the way they should go,

and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

6Train up a child in the way he should go,

Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

6Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents],

Even when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph 6:4; 2 Tim 3:15]

6Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

6Train up a child in the way he should go,

And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

6Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.

6Start children off on the right path.

And even when they are old, they will not turn away from it.

6If you teach children the right way to live,

they will not forget it when they are older.

6Give instruction to a youth about his way, || Even when he is old he does not turn from it.