Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. New Living Translation A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping. English Standard Version A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. Berean Standard Bible A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. King James Bible A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. New King James Version A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping. New American Standard Bible A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping. NASB 1995 A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping. NASB 1977 A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping. Legacy Standard Bible A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping. Amplified Bible A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water]. Christian Standard Bible A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping. Holman Christian Standard Bible A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping. American Standard Version A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A foolish son is a disgrace to a father, and the anxiety of a wife is like a continual dripping. Brenton Septuagint Translation A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure. Contemporary English Version Foolish children bring disgrace to their fathers. A nagging wife goes on and on like the drip, drip, drip of the rain. Douay-Rheims Bible A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. English Revised Version A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. GOD'S WORD® Translation A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water. Good News Translation Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip. International Standard Version A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops. JPS Tanakh 1917 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Literal Standard Version A foolish son [is] a calamity to his father, | And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping. Majority Standard Bible A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. New American Bible The foolish son is ruin to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is water constantly dripping. NET Bible A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping. New Revised Standard Version A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. New Heart English Bible A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping. Webster's Bible Translation A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. World English Bible A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping. Young's Literal Translation A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Man of Integrity…12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. 14Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.… Cross References Proverbs 17:21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy. Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife. Proverbs 27:15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike-- Treasury of Scripture A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. foolish Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Proverbs 17:21,25 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy… the contentions Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house… Proverbs 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Jump to Previous Arguments Bitter Calamity Constant Contentions Continual Destruction Dripping Dropping Drops Falling Father's Foolish Quarreling Quarrels Quarrelsome Rain Ruin Wife Wife'sJump to Next Arguments Bitter Calamity Constant Contentions Continual Destruction Dripping Dropping Drops Falling Father's Foolish Quarreling Quarrels Quarrelsome Rain Ruin Wife Wife'sProverbs 19 1. Life and Conduct(13) A continual dropping.--As of the rain leaking through the flat roof of an eastern house on a wet day. (Comp. 27:15.)Verse 13. - With the first clause we may compare Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:21, 25. Calamity in the Hebrew is in the plural number (contritiones, Pagn.), as if to mark the many and continued sorrows which a bad son brings upon his father, how he causes evil after evil to harass and distress him. The contentions of a wife are a continual dropping (comp. Proverbs 27:15). The flat roofs of Eastern houses, formed of planks loosely joined and covered with a coating of clay or plaster, were always subject to leakage in heavy rains. The irritating altercations and bickering of a cross-grained wife are compared to the continuous drip of water through an imperfectly constructed roof. Tecta jugiter perstillantia, as the Vulgate has it. The Scotch say, "A leaky house and a scolding wife are two bad companions." The two clauses of the verse are coordinate, expressing two facts that render home life miserable and unendurable, viz. the misbehaviour of a son and the ill temper of a wife. The Septuagint, following a different reading, has, "Nor are offerings from a harlot's hire pure," which is an allusion to Deuteronomy 23:18. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A foolishכְּסִ֑יל (kə·sîl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool son בֵּ֣ן (bên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son is his father’s לְ֭אָבִיו (lə·’ā·ḇîw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father ruin, הַוֺּ֣ת (haw·wōṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1942: Desire, chasm, destruction and a quarrelsome מִדְיְנֵ֥י (miḏ·yə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4079: Brawling, contention wife אִשָּֽׁה׃ (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female is like a constant טֹ֝רֵ֗ד (ṭō·rêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2956: To pursue, chase, be continuous dripping. וְדֶ֥לֶף (wə·ḏe·lep̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1812: A dripping Links Proverbs 19:13 NIVProverbs 19:13 NLT Proverbs 19:13 ESV Proverbs 19:13 NASB Proverbs 19:13 KJV Proverbs 19:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 19:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 19:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 19:13 French Bible Proverbs 19:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity (Prov. 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