Proverbs 17:21
World English Bible (WEB)
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
In context
19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
20 One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
Proverbs 17:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
- KJV King James Version
- He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.