Proverbs 19:13 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. More versionsAmplified 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. English Standard Version 2016 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. |