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Proverbs 17:25

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17:25A foolish child is a grief84 to his father,

and bitterness to the mother who bore him.85

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  1. 84 The Hebrew noun means “vexation, anger, grief.”
  2. 85 Heb “to the one who bore him.” Because the participle is feminine singular in Hebrew, this has been translated as “the mother who bore him.” The proverb is similar to v. 21, 10:1, and 15:20.

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

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A foolish son is a grief to his father

and bitterness to her who bore him.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A foolish son brings grief to his father

and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A foolish son is grief to his father

and bitterness to the one who bore him.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Foolish children bring grief to their father

and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

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 grief to his father is the child of a fool,

and bitterness to her who bore him.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

A foolish son is a grief to his father,

And bitterness to her that bare him.

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