Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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.
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.
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 wrath of a king is a growl as of a young lion, And as dew on the herb his good-will. 13 A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14 House and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Proverbs 10:1
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.
Job 14:19
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
Proverbs 17:21
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
Proverbs 17:25
A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
And it cometh to pass afterwards that Absalom son of David hath a fair sister, and her name is Tamar, and Amnon son of David loveth her.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.