Other translations
New Catholic Bible
It is a disgrace to be the father of an unruly son, but the birth of a daughter is a loss.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
Good News Translation®
It is a disgrace to a father to have an undisciplined child, especially if it is a daughter.
Wycliffe Bible
The shame of a father is of a son unlearned; but a fond daughter shall be in decreasing of the honour of father and mother. [The confusion of the father is of the undisciplined son; forsooth a fool(ish) daughter in great diminishing shall be.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
Common English Bible © 2011
An uneducated son is a disgrace to a father, and a daughter’s birth is a liability.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
An undisciplined child is a disgrace to its father; if it be a daughter, she brings him to poverty.
Revised Standard Version
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.