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Proverbs 15:20

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15:20A wise child56 brings joy to his father,

but a foolish person57 despises58 his mother.

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Footnotes

  1. 56 Heb “son.”
  2. 57 Heb “a fool of a man,” a genitive of specification.
  3. 58 The proverb is almost the same as 10:1, except that “despises” replaces “grief.” This adds the idea of the callousness of the one who inflicts grief on his mother (D. Kidner, Proverbs [], ).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A wise son makes a glad father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Sensible children bring joy to their father;

foolish children despise their mother.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A child of wisdom will make a father glad,

but a foolish person, he despises his mother.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

A wise son maketh a glad father:

But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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