Translations
Modern
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Traditional
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Literal
A foolish son is the ruin of his father, and the quarrels of a wife are a continual dripping.
Latin
Dolor patris filius stultus, et tecta jugiter perstillantia litigiosa mulier.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Notes
Glossary
Topics
Children: Wicked Family: Infelicity In Fool: General Scriptures Concerning Fools: Are: A Grief to Parents Nagging Wife Strife: General Scriptures Concerning Wicked Children with Regard to Parents are a Calamity to Them Wife: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning