Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî for Conj 853 [e] אֶ֥ת ’eṯ - DirObjM 834 [e] אֲשֶׁ֣ר ’ă-šer whom Pro-r 157 [e] יֶאֱהַ֣ב ye-’ĕ-haḇ loves V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֣ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 3198 [e] יוֹכִ֑יחַ yō-w-ḵî-aḥ; He corrects V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 1 [e] וּ֝כְאָ֗ב ū-ḵə-’āḇ, and just as a father Conj-w, Prep-k | N-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1121 [e] בֵּ֥ן bên the son N-ms 7521 [e] יִרְצֶֽה׃ yir-ṣeh. [in whom] he delights V-Qal-Imperf-3ms

New American Standard Bible
For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

King James Bible
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, just as a father, the son he delights in.

Proverbs 29:17 Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yes, he shall give …

Deuteronomy 8:5 You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his …

Psalm 103:13 Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.

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