the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of mortals.
Proverbs 19:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. More versionsKing 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 away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of mortals.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother’s grief.
A wise child makes a glad father, but the foolish despise their mothers.
The one who fathers a fool gets trouble; the parent of a fool has no joy.
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.