Proverbs 17:25
Strong's Lexicon
A foolish
כְּסִ֑יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

son
בֵּ֣ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

brings grief
כַּ֣עַס (ka·‘as)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3708: 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief 1a) vexation 1a1) of men 1a2) of God 1b) vexation, grief, frustration

to his father
לְ֭אָבִיו (lə·’ā·ḇîw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

and bitterness
וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר (ū·me·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4470: 1) bitterness

to her who bore him.
לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃ (lə·yō·w·laḏ·tōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.

King James Bible
A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

New Living Translation
Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

English Standard Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

International Standard Version
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

NET Bible
A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

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

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

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
















Cross References
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 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Proverbs 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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