Proverbs 17:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Bible in Basic English ☆

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

Darby Translation ☆

He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

A fool is born to his own disgrace: and even his father shall not rejoice in a fool.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

Noyes Bible ☆

Whoso begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; Yea, the father of the fool hath no joy.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

He that begetteth a fool [doth it] to his sorrow; and the father of a worthless fool cannot have any joy.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.

King James Version ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: And the father of a fool hath no joy.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Webster Bible ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Revised Version ☆

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; But a wise son gladdens his mother.

World English Bible ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World English Bible Classic ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World English Bible Updated ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World Messianic Bible ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

He that begetteth a kesil doeth it to his sorrow, and the avi naval hath no simchah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

مَنْ يَلِدُ جَاهِلًا فَلِحَزَنِهِ، وَلَا يَفْرَحُ أَبُو ٱلْأَحْمَقِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သောသူကို ဖြစ်ဘွားစေသောသူသည် မိမိကို မိမိဝမ်းနည်းစေတတ်၏။ မိုက်သောသူ၏အဘ၌ ဝမ်းမြောက်စရာအကြောင်းမရှိ။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သောသူကို ဖြစ်ဘွား စေသောသူသည် မိမိ ကို မိမိဝမ်းနည်း စေတတ်၏။ မိုက် သောသူ၏အဘ ၌ ဝမ်းမြောက် စရာအကြောင်းမ ရှိ။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu tapen kami loe tapenkung to palungsetsak; kamthu ih ampa loe anghoehaih tawn ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Amah kah a pha-ueknah ham hlang ang te a cun, te dongah hlang ang kah a napa tah a ko a hoe moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Amah kah a pha-ueknah ham hlang ang te a cun, te dongah hlang ang kah a napa tah a ko a hoe moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

生愚昧子的，必自愁苦； 愚顽人的父毫无喜乐。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

生愚昧子的，必自愁苦； 愚頑人的父毫無喜樂。

World Chinese Bible ☆

生愚昧儿子的，必忧伤； 愚昧人的父亲毫无喜乐。

Croatian Bible ☆

Tko rodi bezumna, na tugu mu je; a nije veseo ni otac budale.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Kdo zplodil blázna, k zámutku svému zplodil jej, aniž se bude radovati otec nemoudrého.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Den, der avler en Tåbe, får Sorg, Dårens Fader er ikke glad.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Wie een zot genereert, die zal hem tot droefheid zijn; en de vader des dwazen zal zich niet verblijden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wie een domoor verwekt heeft, heeft zich hartzeer bezorgd; De vader van een zot kent geen vreugde.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiu naskas malsaĝulon, tiu havas ĉagrenon; Kaj patro de malprudentulo ne havos ĝojon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Celui qui engendre un sot [l’engendre] pour son chagrin ; et le père d’un homme vil ne se réjouira pas.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Celui qui a donné naissance à un insensé, en aura de l'ennui; et le père d'un fou ne se réjouira point.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Celui qui donne naissance à un insensé aura du chagrin; Le père d’un fou ne peut pas se réjouir.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Celui qui engendre un insensé en aura du chagrin, et le père d'un fou ne connaît pas la joie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Wer einen Toren zeugt, dem wird es zum Kummer, und der Vater eines Narren hat keine Freude.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer einen Narren zeugt, der hat Grämen; und eines Narren Vater hat keine Freude.

German Textbibel ☆

Wer einen Thoren erzeugt, dem bringt's Grämen, und der Vater eines Narren kann sich nicht freuen.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wer einen Toren zeugt, der hat Kummer, und der Vater eines Narren kann sich nicht freuen.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν. οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ, υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

καρδία δὲ ἄφρονος ὀδύνη τῷ κεκτημένῳ αὐτήν· οὐκ εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ ἐφʼ υἱῷ ἀπαιδεύτῳ, υἱὸς δὲ φρόνιμος εὐφραίνει μητέρα αὐτοῦ.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Se lapenn pou yon papa ki fè yon pitit ki san konprann. Papa yon pitit sòt p'ap janm gen kè kontan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea i hanau mai nana ke keiki lapuwale, he kaumaha kona; Aole e olioli ka makuakane o ke keiki naaupo.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה לֹ֑ו וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ילד כסיל לתוגה לו ולא ישמח אבי נבל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Chi genera un pazzo lo genera a suo cordoglio; E il padre dello stolto non si rallegrerà .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Chi genera uno stolto ne avrà cordoglio, e il padre dell’uomo da nulla non avrà gioia.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者を生む者には悲しみがあり、 愚かな者の父には喜びがない。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자를 낳는 자는 근심을 당하나니 미련한 자의 아비는 낙이 없느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mwe na asor ac toasr nu sin sie papa ma tulik natul uh oru ma lalfon.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Natus est stultus in ignominiam suam; sed nec pater in fatuo lætabitur.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

هر‌که فرزند احمق آورد برای خویشتن غم پیدا می‌کند، و پدر فرزند ابله شادی نخواهد دید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Quem gera um tolo o faz para a sua tristeza. O pai do tolo não tem alegria.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Quem gera o louco cria sua própria tristeza; e o pai do imprudente não se alegrará.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cel ce dă naștere unui prost face aceasta spre întristarea lui, și tatăl unui nebun nu are bucurie.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чине дэ наштере унуй небун ва авя ынтристаре ши татэл унуй небун ну поате сэ се букуре.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Родил кто глупого, - себе на горе, и отец глупого не порадуется.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko rodi bezumna, na žalost mu je, niti će se radovati otac ludoga.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко роди безумна, на жалост му је, нити ће се радовати отац лудога.

Mashi Bible ☆

Oburha omuhwinja mutula aburhira, ntà kushagaluka kw’îshe w’ecingolo-ngolo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El que engendra al necio, para su tristeza lo engendra: y el padre del fatuo no se alegrará.

Spanish BLL ☆

Engendrar a un hijo necio es motivo de tristeza; el padre de un tonto no tiene de qué alegrarse.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El que engendra al necio, para su tristeza lo engendra; y el padre del insensato no se alegrará.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El que tiene un hijo impío, se aflige, y el padre de un hijo necio no se alegra.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El que engendra a un insensato le resulta para su tristeza, Y el padre de un necio no tiene alegría.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku ne fakatupu ha vale ʻoku ne fai ke ne mamahi ai ia: pea ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ha fiefia ʻe he tamai ʻae tangata vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Хто дурня зродив — то собі на горе; отець безумного не зазнає радощів.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Хто дурня зродив — то собі на горе; отець безумного не зазнає радощів.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ai sanh con ngu muội ắt sẽ có buồn rầu; Còn cha của kẻ ngây dại chẳng được vui vẻ.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה ל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃