Proverbs 17:25 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A provocation to his father [is] a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
English ASV
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
English Amplified
A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
English EASY 2024
To have a foolish son makes his father sad. It makes his mother very upset.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Foolish children upset their parents and make them sad.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
English God's Word - GW 1995
A foolish son is a heartache to his father and bitter grief to his mother.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
English KJV 1611
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
English LSB
A foolish son is a vexation to his father And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to her who bore him.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A foolish child makes his father sad and his mother sorry.
English NIV
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
English NKJ 1982
A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
English NLT
A foolish child brings grief to a father and bitterness to a mother.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Foolish children are a grief to their father and bitterness to her who bore them.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
A father grieves over the foolishness of his child, and bitter sorrow fills his mother.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A rebellious son is a grief to his father and a bitter blow to his mother.
English Tyndale 1537
An undiscreet son is a grief unto his father, and an heaviness unto his mother that bare him.