Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
wicked Children » With regard to parents » Are a calamity to them
Contention » Contentious people
Contentious woman » Stir up strife
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
Family » Parental prayers » Strife in
Fools » Are » A grief to parents
Home » parental love » Parental feelings and emotions » Sorrow
Marriage » The contentions of a wife
Parents » Those that parent fools
Strife » Causes of » In the family
Interlinear
Havvah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
12 The rage of a king growls like a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping. 14 A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.
Proverbs 27:15
Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Job 14:19
Water wears away stones; its torrents wash away [the] soil of [the] earth; so you destroy the hope of human beings.
Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a fool, [there is] trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.
Proverbs 17:25
A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a land of wilderness than [with] a wife of quarrels and provocation.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name [was] Tamar, and Amnon the son of David fell in love with her.
Proverbs 15:20
A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live upon the corner of a roof than [with] a woman of contention and [in a] shared house.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.