A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.
NMVThe rod and reproof (rebuke; scolding) give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] brings his mother to shame.
OJBThe shevet (rod) and tokhakhat (reproof) give chochmah, but a na'ar (child) left to himself bringeth immo to shame.
T4TIf children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they do things that cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.