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Proverbs 17:21

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

KJV

Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam ; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.

Vulgate

καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν. οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ, υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְ/ת֣וּגָה ל֑/וֹ וְ/לֹֽא יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָבָ֖ל
nbl
adjective · 18×
תּוּגַ֥ת
tvgt
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:32 — And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
  • Gen 26:34 — And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 10:1 — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  • Prov 15:20 — A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
  • Prov 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 23:15 — My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
  • Prov 29:15 — The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.