Proverbs 19:13
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New International Version (©1984)
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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

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

Geneva Study Bible

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

(e) As rain that drops and rots the house.

Wesley's Notes

19:13 Dropping - Are like rain continually dropping upon an house.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. calamity-literally, "calamities," varied and many.

continual dropping-a perpetual annoyance, wearing out patience.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:11. He attains the most true glory who endeavours most steadily to overcome evil with good. 12. Christ is a King, whose wrath against his enemies will be as the roaring of a lion, and his favour to his people as the refreshing dew. 13. It shows the vanity of the world, that we are liable to the greatest griefs where we promise ourselves the greatest comfort.


Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:19 It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
Proverbs 27:15 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; (NASB ©1995)

Arguments Bitter Calamity Constant Contentions Continual Destruction Dripping Dropping Drops Falling Father's Foolish Quarreling Quarrels Quarrelsome Rain Ruin Wife Wife's


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

foolish 10:1 15:20 17:21,25 2Sa 13:13-18 Ec 2:18,19

the contentions 21:9,19 25:24 27:15 Job 14:19

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