13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,

and a quarrelsome wife is like

the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,

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

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father:

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father;

a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

13 A foolish son is the ruin of his father,

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

13 A foolish child brings disaster to a father,

and a quarreling wife is like dripping water.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father;

And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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

13 A foolish son ruins his father, 

and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water. 

13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin,

and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,

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

13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,

and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

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

A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.