Verse List for PROV 17:21

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OET (OET-RV) It’s sad for the parents of a child who makes bad choices, ⇔ ≈ and the father of a fool won’t be a happy person.

OET-LV one _who_begets a _fool to_grief to_him/it and_not the_father _of he _rejoices a _fool.

ULT One who begets a stupid one, it is for grief for him, ⇔ and the father of a worthless one will not rejoice.

UST Foolish people grieve their parents. ⇔  Indeed, worthless people will cause their parents to be very sad.

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

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • He who begets a fool, 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.

Moff A fool is born to be a sorrow to his father; ⇔  there is no joy for the father of an idiot.

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.

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

SLT The foolish one was born for sorrow to himself, and the father of the foolish one shall not rejoice.

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

KJB-1769 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/does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath/has no joy.)

KJB-1611 He that begetteth a foole, doth it to his sorrow: and the father of a foole hath no ioy.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

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

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

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

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

Luth Wer einen Narren zeuget, der hat Grämen, und eines Narren Vater hat keine Freude.
(Who a fool(n) witness/testify, the/of_the has grief, and one/a fool(n) father has no joy/pleasure/delight.)

ClVg Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.
(Natus it_is stupid/foolish in/into/on disgrace his_own; but but_not father in/into/on fatuo he_will_rejoice.)

UHB יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְ⁠ת֣וּגָה ל֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠לֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃ ‡

BrLXX καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν· οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐφʼ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ, υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ.

BrTr 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.