Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009) A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy. New American Standard Bible (©1995) He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. International Standard Version (©2012) The man who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow� the father of a fool has no joy. King James 2000 Bible (©2003) He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. American King James Version He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. American Standard Version He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy. Douay-Rheims Bible A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool. Darby Bible Translation He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy. English Revised Version He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. Webster's Bible Translation He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. World English Bible He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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