Proverbs 19:18

while R.V. seeing:i.e. for if done now it will not be too late.

let not thy soul spare for his crying Rather, set not thy heart on his destruction, R.V.; lit. on causing him to die. This might mean, let not thy passionate and excessive correction kill or injure him; as LXX., Vulg. and Maurer (sed cave occidas inter castigandum), and Coverdale, "but let not thy soul be moved to slay him"; but it is better to understand it of the result of withholding correction: be not bent by thy foolish indulgence on ruining him. So A.V. marg., "Let not thy soul spare to his destruction, or to cause him to die." Comp. 1 Kings 2:6; and Sir 30:1.