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OET (OET-RV) A foolish child leads to their father’s destruction, ⇔ ≈ and an argumentative wife is like something constantly dripping.![]()
OET-LV is_destruction(s) to_father_of_his a_son a_fool and_are_a_dripping continual the_contentions_of a_wife.![]()
ULT A stupid son, is destruction to his father, ⇔ and a continual dripping, the quarrels of a wife.
UST Foolish children destroy their fathers, ⇔ and when wives argue with their husbands, it is as annoying as constantly dripping water.
BSB & MSB A foolish son is his father’s ruin, ⇔ and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
OEB No OEB PROV book available
WEBBE & WMBB A foolish son is the calamity of his father. ⇔ A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
NET A foolish child is the ruin of his father, ⇔ and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
LSV A foolish son [is] a calamity to his father,
And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
FBV A stupid son makes his father miserable, and an argumentative wife is like dripping that never stops.
T4T ⇔ Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. ⇔ A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips [MET].
LEB •
A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
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and the quarreling of a woman[fn] is a continuous dripping.
BBE A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Moff A senseless son is a calamity to his father, ⇔ and the nagging of a wife is an endless dripping.
JPS A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
ASV A foolish son is the calamity of his father; ⇔ And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
DRA A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
YLT A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Drby A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
RV A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
SLT A foolish son a calamity to his father: and the strifes of a woman a dropping thrust out.
Wbstr A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
KJB-1769 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
KJB-1611 A foolish sonne is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continuall dropping.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
Bshps An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.
(An indiscrete son is the heaviness of his father, and a brawling wife is like the top of an house wherthrough it is ever dropping.)
Gnva A foolish sonne is the calamitie of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continuall dropping.
(A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dropping.)
Cvdl An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.
(An indiscrete son is ye/you_all heuynes of his father, and a brauling wife is like the topp of an house, where through it is ever dropping.)
Wycl The sorewe of the fadir is a fonned sone; and roofes droppynge contynueli is a womman ful of chiding.
(The sorrow of the father is a foolish son; and roofs dropping continually is a woman full of chiding.)
Luth Ein närrischer Sohn ist seines Vaters Herzeleid und ein zänkisch Weib ein stetiges Triefen.
(A foolish son is his father heartache and a quarrelsome woman a continuous dripping(n).)
ClVg Dolor patris filius stultus, et tecta jugiter perstillantia litigiosa mulier.[fn]
(Dolor of_the_father son stupid/foolish, and roofs regularly perstillantia litigiosa woman.)
UHB הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃ ‡
BrLXX Αἰσχύνη πατρὶ υἱὸς ἄφρων, οὐχ ἁγναὶ εὐχαὶ ἀπὸ μισθώματος ἑταίρας.
BrTr A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.