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Amplified


He who assaults his father and chases away his mother
Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

New American Standard Bible

He who assaults his father and drives his mother away
Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

King James Version

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Holman Bible

The one who assaults his father and evicts his mother
is a disgraceful and shameful son.

International Standard Version

Whoever mistreats his father and alienates his mother is a son who brings both shame and disrespect.

A Conservative Version

He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

American Standard Version

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Bible in Basic English

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

Darby Translation

He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Julia Smith Translation

He oppressing the father and putting the mother to flight, is a son causing shame and causing disgrace.

King James 2000

He that mistreats his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who does violence to a father, he who chases away a mother, [is] a child who causes shame and brings reproach.

Modern King James verseion

He who assaults his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother, is a shameful and an unworthy son.

NET Bible

The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

New Heart English Bible

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

The Emphasized Bible

He that ruineth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son causing shame and reproach.

Webster

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

World English Bible

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57

בּרח 
Barach 
Usage: 64

אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

Verse Info

Context Readings

Foolproof Instructions

25
Strike a scoffer [for refusing to learn], and the naive may [be warned and] become prudent;
Reprimand one who has understanding and a teachable spirit, and he will gain knowledge and insight.
26 
He who assaults his father and chases away his mother
Is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27
Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:5


He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely,
But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.

Proverbs 17:2


A wise servant will rule over the [unworthy] son who acts shamefully and brings disgrace [to the family]
And [the worthy servant] will share in the inheritance among the brothers.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them,

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon:

A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

Proverbs 17:25


A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

Proverbs 23:22-25


Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 28:7


He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].

Proverbs 28:14


Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and its consequence] at all times,
But he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster.

Proverbs 28:24


He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “This is no sin,”
Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

Proverbs 30:11


There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

Proverbs 30:17


The eye that mocks a father
And scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young vultures will devour it.

Luke 15:12-16

The younger of them [inappropriately] said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.’ So he divided the estate between them.

Luke 15:30

but when this [other] son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you slaughtered that fattened calf for him!’

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