Parallel Verses
King James Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
New American Standard Bible
And the
Holman Bible
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
International Standard Version
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
A Conservative Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
American Standard Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Amplified
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
Bible in Basic English
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Darby Translation
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Julia Smith Translation
A foolish son a calamity to his father: and the strifes of a woman a dropping thrust out
King James 2000
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
Modern King James verseion
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a wife is a never-ending dripping.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.
NET Bible
A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
New Heart English Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
The Emphasized Bible
Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard, - and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.
Webster
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
World English Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
Youngs Literal Translation
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Themes
wicked Children » With regard to parents » Are a calamity to them
Contention » Contentious people
Contentious woman » Stir up strife
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
Family » Parental prayers » Strife in
Fools » Are » A grief to parents
Home » parental love » Parental feelings and emotions » Sorrow
Marriage » The contentions of a wife
Parents » Those that parent fools
Strife » Causes of » In the family
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.