Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare 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.
Amplified
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to 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.
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 shineth in the face of him that hath understanding; but the eyes of fools wander throughout all lands. 25 An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him. 26 To punish the innocent, and to smite the princes that give true judgment, are both evil.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:1
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.
Proverbs 19:13
An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.
2 Samuel 13:1-22
And it chanced that Absalom, David's son, had a fair sister named Tamar, whom afterward Amnon, another son of David, loved.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet body shameth his mother.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.