as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope.
Proverbs 19:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope.
Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.
A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.