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Proverbs 19:13

World English Bible

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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American Standard Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Christian Standard Bible

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

English Standard Version

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

King James Version

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

New American Standard Bible

A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

New International Version

A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

New King James Version

A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

New Living Translation

A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.