Parallel Verses
Amplified
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
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.
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.
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 king’s wrath terrifies like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is as [refreshing and nourishing as] dew on the grass.
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
House and wealth are the inheritance from fathers,
But a wise, understanding, and sensible wife is [a gift and blessing] from the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
Proverbs 27:15
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious (quarrelsome) woman are alike;
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon:
But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.
Job 14:19
Water wears away the stones,
Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,
So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.
Proverbs 17:21
He who becomes the parent of a fool [who is spiritually blind] does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool [who is spiritually blind] has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father
And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
2 Samuel 13:1-18
It happened afterwards that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] the son of David was in love with 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 housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.