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


In Context

10 Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

11 The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

12 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

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

14 House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an 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 American Standard 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 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.