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Proverbs 17:25

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25gA foolish son is a grief to his father,

And bitterness to nnher that bare him.

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Footnotes

  1. gver. 25. See ch. 10:1.
  2. nnch. 23:25. Cant. 6:9.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A foolish son is a grief to his father

and bitterness to her who bore him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A foolish son brings grief to his father

and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A foolish son is grief to his father

and bitterness to the one who bore him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Foolish children bring grief to their father

and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A grief to his father is the child of a fool,

and bitterness to her who bore him.