Proverbs 17:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

Common English Bible

²¹ Having a fool for a son brings grief; there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ A foolish one is born into his own disgrace. But his father will not rejoice in one who is senseless.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

Proverbs 17:21 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 26:34

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hethite.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber above the city gate and wept. As he walked, he cried, ‘My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son! ’

Proverbs 10:1

Solomon’s proverbs: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:25

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

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

2 Corinthians 2:3

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident  about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy  than this: to hear that my children  are walking in truth.

1 Samuel 8:3

However, his sons did not walk in his ways #– #they turned towards dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.