Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil. 21 He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
22 A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.



Cross References

Proverbs 10:1

A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is sadness unto his mother.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a pain unto his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 17:25

The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.

Genesis 26:34

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon, the Hittite:

1 Samuel 2:32-35

And thou shalt see a competitor in my tabernacle in all the things in which I shall do good unto Israel, and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

Proverbs 15:20

The wise son makes a glad father, but the foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 23:15-16

My son, if thy heart is wise, my heart shall also rejoice;

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after greed, receiving bribes and perverting that which is right.

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept; and as he went, he said this: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! I would rather have died instead of thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Corinthians 2:3

And I wrote this same unto you, lest when I came, I should have grief from those of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my sons walk in the truth.

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