Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
21
And the father of a fool has no joy.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,
1 Samuel 2:32-35
Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 23:15-16
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
1 Samuel 8:3
Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.