Parallel PRO 17:21

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BSB  ⇔ A man fathers a fool to his own grief;
⇔ the father of a fool has no joy.

OEB A man begets a fool to his sorrow;
⇔ no joy can there be for the father of a fool.

WEB He who becomes the father of a fool grieves.
⇔ The father of a fool has no joy.

NET Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief,
 ⇔ and the father of a fool has no joy.

LSV Whoever is begetting a fool has affliction for it,
Indeed, the father of a fool does not rejoice.

FBV A stupid son brings grief to his father; the father of a child who does stupid things has no joy.

T4T  ⇔ Children who are foolish soon cause their parents to be very sad;
⇔ their parents will not be joyful at all.

LEB  • there is trouble for him; the father of a fool will not rejoice.

BBE He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

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JPS He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.

ASV He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow;
 ⇔ And the father of a fool hath no joy.

DRA A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

YLT Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

DBY He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.

RV He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

WBS He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

KJB He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  (He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath/has no joy. )

BB He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
  (He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can have no ioy.)

GNV He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
  (He that begetteth a foole, getteth himself sorow, and the father of a foole can have no ioy. )

CB An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.
  (An unwyse body bringeth/brings himself in to sorrow, and ye/you_all father of a foole can have no ioye.)

WYC A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
  (A fool is born in his schenschipe; but neither the father shall be glad in a fool.)

LUT Wer einen Narren zeuget, der hat Grämen, und eines Narren Vater hat keine Freude.
  (Who a Narren zeuget, the has Grämen, and eines Narren father has no Freude.)

CLV Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.
  (Natus it_is stultus in ignominiam suam; but but_not pater in fatuo lætabitur. )

BRN and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

BrLXX καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν· οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐφʼ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ, υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ.
  (kardia de afronos odunaʸ tōi kektaʸmenōi autaʸn; ouk eufrainetai pataʸr efʼ huiōi apaideutōi, huios de fronimos eufrainei maʸtera autou. )