Parallel Verses
Amplified
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.
New American Standard Bible
And the father of a fool has no joy.
King James Version
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Holman Bible
the father of a fool has no joy.
International Standard Version
The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow the father of a fool has no joy.
A Conservative Version
He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
American Standard Version
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
Bible in Basic English
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
Darby Translation
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy.
Julia Smith Translation
The foolish one was born for sorrow to himself, and the father of the foolish one shall not rejoice.,
King James 2000
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
Modern King James verseion
He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An unwise body bringeth himself in to sorrow; and the father of a fool can have no joy.
NET Bible
Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
New Heart English Bible
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
The Emphasized Bible
He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.
Webster
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
World English Bible
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
Themes
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Interlinear
Yalad
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:21
Prayers for Proverbs 17:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
20
He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.
A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon:
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite as his wives;
1 Samuel 2:32-35
You will look at the distress of My
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if your heart is wise,
My heart will also be glad;
1 Samuel 8:3
His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
2 Samuel 18:33
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth.