Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
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.
Amplified
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
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 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth. 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth. 26 To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
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.
2 Samuel 13:1-22
Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.