Proverbs 19:13

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

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All Translations

BBE BBE

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

DBY DBY

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

KJV King James Version

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

WBT WBT

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

WEB WEB

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

YLT YLT

A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.