Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Pamper your son, and he will terrorize you; indulge him, and he will cause you grief.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Pamper a child, and he will terrorize you; play with him, and he will grieve you.
Good News Translation®
If you pamper your child and play with him, he will be a disappointment and a source of grief.
Wycliffe Bible
Flatter thou the son, and he shall make thee dreading; play thou with him, and he shall make thee sorry. [Flatter the son, and he shall make thee dreading; play with him, and he shall sorrow thee.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Pamper a child, and he will frighten you; play with him, and he will give you grief.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Pamper a child, and he will terrorize you; play with him, and he will grieve you.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Pamper a child, and he will terrorize you; play with him, and he will grieve you.
Common English Bible © 2011
Indulge children, and they will terrorize you; play with them, and they will grieve you.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Pamper a child and he will be a terror for you, indulge him, and he will bring you grief.
Revised Standard Version
Pamper a child, and he will frighten you; play with him, and he will give you grief.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Pamper a child, and he will terrorize you; play with him, and he will grieve you.