Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Interpretation
Wisdom shapes a train child that is embodied in study and play. Proverbs 22:6: trace "train" and "up". Let train child through how disagreements are handled—teach the body new reflexes.
Context
The setting is Proverbs—poetry/wisdom, naming train child. Placed in ch. 22, the nearby lines set its tone. There’s a line into wisdom & worship. The nearby sentences supply the texture.
Manuscripts & Textual Witnesses
The Masoretic tradition preserves the Hebrew text, standardized c. 6th-10th centuries CE. The Dead Sea Scrolls (discovered 1947-1956) provide manuscripts 1000+ years older than medieval texts, generally confirming the Masoretic Text's reliability with only minor variations. The Septuagint (Greek translation, 3rd-2nd century BCE) offers an independent textual witness. Variations between manuscripts are typically minor: spelling differences, word order, or clarifications that do not alter the main meaning. Modern translations compare all available manuscripts to reconstruct the most probable original wording text.
Sources & witness notes
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