Proverbs 10:1
Modern Translations
New International Version
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

New Living Translation
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

English Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Berean Study Bible
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

New American Standard Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

NASB 1995
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

NASB 1977
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Amplified Bible
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.

Christian Standard Bible
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Solomon's proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Contemporary English Version
Here are some proverbs of Solomon: Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children make them sad.

Good News Translation
These are Solomon's proverbs: Wise children make their fathers proud of them; foolish ones bring their mothers grief.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The proverbs of Solomon:+b A wise son makes his father happy, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

International Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.

NET Bible
The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

New King James Version
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

King James 2000 Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

New Heart English Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

World English Bible
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

American King James Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

American Standard Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A Faithful Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is grief to his mother.

Darby Bible Translation
The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

English Revised Version
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Webster's Bible Translation
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causes a father to rejoice, "" And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.

Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

Smith's Literal Translation
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son will gladden a father: and a son of the foolish will grieve his mother.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A wise son gladdens the father. Yet truly, a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A wise son gladdens his father, and a son deficient in mind shames his mother.

Lamsa Bible
A WISE son makes his father glad, but a foolish son brings shame to his mother.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
















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