“A foolish sonne is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continuall dropping.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
- King James Version
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
- Basic English Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Darby Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Webster's Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
- World English Bible
A calamity to his father [is] a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
- Youngs Literal Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 19:13
19:13 Dropping - Are like rain continually dropping upon an house.