The waters wear the stones: Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; And thou destroyest the hope of man.
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. 更多版本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. English Standard Version 2016 A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. |
The waters wear the stones: Thou washest away the things which grow out of 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.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.