Parallel Verses
Amplified
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Holman Bible
and bitterness to the one who bore him.
International Standard Version
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.
A Conservative Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
American Standard Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Bible in Basic English
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
Darby Translation
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Julia Smith Translation
A foolish son a grief to his father, and bitterness to her bringing him forth.
King James 2000
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Modern King James verseion
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.
NET Bible
A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
New Heart English Bible
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
The Emphasized Bible
A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.
Webster
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
World English Bible
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Youngs Literal Translation
A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Themes
wicked Children » With regard to parents » Are a grief to them
Fools » Are » A grief to parents
Home » parental love » Parental feelings and emotions » Sorrow
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
24
[Skillful and godly] wisdom is in the presence of a person of understanding [and he recognizes it],
But the eyes of a [thickheaded] fool are on the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
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].
2 Samuel 13:1-22
It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] the son of David was in love with her.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.