GOD'S WORD® Translation
A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother.

American Standard Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Berean Study Bible
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.

English Revised Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

King James Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

World English Bible
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Young's Literal Translation
A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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