Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

New American Standard Bible

He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
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

A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow;
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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

a fool
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

doeth it to his sorrow
תּוּגה 
Tuwgah 
Usage: 4

and the father
H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

of a fool
נבל 
Nabal 
Usage: 18

Prayers for Proverbs 17:21

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble. 21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy. 22 A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

Genesis 26:34

And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

1 Samuel 2:32-35

And never again will there be an old man in your family.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Proverbs 23:15-16

My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

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