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Colossians 3:21
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KJ21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
ASV
Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
AMP
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].
AMPC
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]
BRG
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
CSB
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.
CSBA
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.
CEB
Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them.
CJB
Fathers, don’t irritate your children and make them resentful, or they will become discouraged.
CEV
Parents, don't be hard on your children. If you are, they might give up.
DARBY
Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
DLNT
Fathers, do not be provoking your children, in order that they may not be discouraged.
DRA
Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.
ERV
Fathers, don’t upset your children. If you are too hard to please, they might want to stop trying.
EASY
Fathers, do not cause your children to be upset. If you do, they might think that they never do anything that is good.
EHV
Fathers, do not embitter your children, so that they do not become discouraged.
ESV
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
ESVUK
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
EXB
Fathers [or Parents; Heb. 11:23], do not ·nag [aggravate; exasperate; provoke] your children [Eph. 6:4]. If you are too hard to please, they may ·want to stop trying [become discouraged; lose heart].
GNV
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
GW
Fathers, don’t make your children resentful, or they will become discouraged.
GNT
Parents, do not irritate your children, or they will become discouraged.
HCSB
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.
ICB
Fathers, do not nag your children. If you are too hard to please, they may want to stop trying.
ISV
Fathers, do not make your children resentful. Otherwise, they’ll become discouraged.
PHILLIPS
Fathers, don’t over-correct your children, or they will grow up feeling inferior and frustrated.
JUB
Fathers, provoke not your children lest they become disheartened.
KJV
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
AKJV
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
LSB
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.
LEB
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.
TLB
Fathers, don’t scold your children so much that they become discouraged and quit trying.
MSG
Parents, don’t come down too hard on your children or you’ll crush their spirits.
MEV
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
MOUNCE
· Fathers, do not provoke · your children, lest they become discouraged.
NOG
Fathers, don’t make your children resentful, or they will become discouraged.
NABRE
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they may not become discouraged.
NASB
Fathers, do not antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.
NASB1995
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.
NCB
Fathers, do not provoke your children lest they lose heart.
NCV
Fathers, do not nag your children. If you are too hard to please, they may want to stop trying.
NET
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.
NIRV
Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.
NIV
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
NIVUK
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
NKJV
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
NLV
Fathers, do not be so hard on your children that they will give up trying to do what is right.
NLT
Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.
NMB
Fathers, do not berate your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.
NRSVA
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.
NRSVACE
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.
NRSVCE
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.
NRSVUE
Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart.
NTFE
And for fathers: don’t provoke your children to anger, otherwise they might lose heart.
OJB
Avot, do not provoke your yeladim, lest they be disheartened.
RGT
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
RSV
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
RSVCE
Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
TLV
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
VOICE
Fathers: don’t infuriate your children, so their hearts won’t harbor resentment and become discouraged.
WEB
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
WE
Fathers, do not make your children angry. They might stop trying to do right.
WYC
Fathers, do not ye provoke your sons to indignation, that they be not made feeble-hearted.
YLT
the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
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