Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child* brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — The New International Version (NIV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father:
But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son makes a glad father,
But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — New Century Version (NCV)
1 These are the wise words of Solomon:
Wise children make their father happy,
but foolish children make their mother sad.
Proverbs 10:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father;
But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
1 The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
1 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son makes his father happy,
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
1 Solomon’s proverbs:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
Proverbs 10:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
1 The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child makes a father glad,
but a foolish child grieves his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
1 These are the proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes his father glad.
But a foolish son brings sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
1 The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.