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Proverbs 19:13

13 A afoolish son is destruction to his father,

And the bcontentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

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Proverbs 19:13 — The New International Version (NIV)

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,

and a quarrelsome wife is like

the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

Proverbs 19:13 — English Standard Version (ESV)

13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,

and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 19:13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father:

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father;

a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

Proverbs 19:13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

13 A foolish son is the ruin of his father,

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 19:13 — New Century Version (NCV)

13 A foolish child brings disaster to a father,

and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.

Proverbs 19:13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father;

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

13 A foolish son ruins his father, 

and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water. 

Proverbs 19:13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,

and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

Proverbs 19:13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,

and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 19:13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,

and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

Proverbs 19:13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

13 If a child is foolish, he destroys his father.

A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.


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