Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

King James Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Holman Bible

A foolish son is his father’s ruin,
and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

International Standard Version

A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

A Conservative Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

American Standard Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Amplified


A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].

Bible in Basic English

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Darby Translation

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Julia Smith Translation

A foolish son a calamity to his father: and the strifes of a woman a dropping thrust out

King James 2000

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

Modern King James verseion

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a wife is a never-ending dripping.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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.

NET Bible

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

New Heart English Bible

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

The Emphasized Bible

Engulfing ruin to his father, is a son that is a dullard, - and, a continuous dripping, are the contentions of a wife.

Webster

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

World English Bible

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

Youngs Literal Translation

A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

and the contentions
מדין 
Midyan 
Usage: 9

of a wife
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

טרד 
Tarad 
Usage: 2

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others

12 The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
14 House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 27:15

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Job 14:19

Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

Proverbs 17:21

He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

2 Samuel 13:1-18

Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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