Other translations
American Standard Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A foolish son angers his father and embitters her that bore him.
Darby Bible Translation
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
God's Word
A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
International Standard Version
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.
NET Bible
A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.
New International Version
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
New Living Translation
Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
Webster's Bible Translation
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
The World English Bible
A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
EasyEnglish Bible
To have a foolish son makes his father sad. It makes his mother very upset.
Young‘s Literal Translation
A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
New Life Version
A foolish son is a sorrow to his father, and trouble to her who gave birth to him.
The Voice Bible
Foolish children irritate their fathers and embitter their mothers.
Living Bible
A rebellious son is a grief to his father and a bitter blow to his mother.
New Catholic Bible
A foolish son causes grief to his father and brings sorrow to the mother who bore him.
Legacy Standard Bible
A foolish son is a vexation to his father And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
Jubilee Bible 2000
The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Amplified Bible © 1954
A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
New Century Version
Foolish children make their father sad and cause their mother great sorrow.
The Message
A surly, stupid child is sheer pain to a father, a bitter pill for a mother to swallow.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
A foolish son is an aggravation to his father and bitterness to the woman who bore him.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
Good News Translation®
Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
Wycliffe Bible
A fond son is the ire of the father, and the sorrow of the mother that bare him.
Contemporary English Version
Foolish children bring sorrow and pain to their parents.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
Common English Bible © 2011
A foolish son is irritating to his father and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Amplified Bible © 2015
A foolish son is a grief and anguish to his father And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
English Standard Version Anglicised
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to her who bore him.
New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
The Expanded Bible
Foolish children make their father sad and cause their mother great ·sorrow [bitterness].
Tree of Life Version
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.
Revised Standard Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
New International Reader's Version
A foolish child makes his father sad and his mother sorry.
BRG Bible
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Complete Jewish Bible
A son who is a fool means anger for his father and bitterness for the mother who gave him birth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
A ben kesil is a ka’as (grief) to aviv (his father), and bitterness to her that bore him.
Names of God Bible
A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother.
Modern English Version
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Easy-to-Read Version
Foolish children upset their parents and make them sad.
International Children’s Bible
A foolish son makes his father sad. And he causes his mother great sorrow.
Lexham English Bible
A grief to his father is the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.
New International Version - UK
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.