Proverbs Chapter 17 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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BBE Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
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DARBY Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
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KJV Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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WBT Proverbs 17:25


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WEB Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son brings grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
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YLT Proverbs 17:25

A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - This verse is more or less a repetition of ver. 21; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; and comp. Proverbs 19:13. A grief (kaas). The Vulgate and Septuagint translate, "anger." A foolish son provokes the wrath of his father, and is bitterness to her that bare him, "Bitterness" (memer) oesurs nowhere else; mar and marar are common enough.

Ellicott's Commentary