13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.


In Context

10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:13A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.