The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: And thou destroyest the hope of man.
Proverbs 19:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof]. American Standard Version (1901) A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. Common English Bible A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping. Catholic Public Domain Version A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. |
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: And thou destroyest the hope of man.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.