Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - Here is the reason why we should neither neglect correction, nor faint under it: it is a proof of the fatherly love of God Almighty, and shows his most gracious designs towards us; from which we may be fully convinced that the affliction will Proverbs the means of good to our souls, if we make a proper use of it.

And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth - ̔, ̔ . This is a quotation, literatim from the Septuagint, of Proverbs 3:12, of which place our version is: Even as the father the son in whom he delighteth. But, howsoever near this may appear to be the Hebrew, it bears scarcely any affinity to the apostle' s words. The Hebrew text is as follows: ־ uchab eth - ben yirtseh . Now, may be a noun, compounded of the conjunction vau , "and," the comparative particle ke , "as" or "like;" and ab , "a father:" or it may be the third person preterite kal of caab , "he spoiled, wasted, marred, ulcerated," compounded with the conjunction vau , "and." And in this sense the Septuagint most evidently understood it; and it is so understood by the Arabic; and both readings seem to be combined by the Syriac and Chaldee versions. And as to ratsah , one of its prime meanings is to accept, to receive graciously, to take into favor; the translation, therefore, of the Septuagint and apostle is perfectly consonant to the Hebrew text, and our version of Proverbs 3:12 is wrong.