Matthew Henry · Verse 21
This speaks very plainly what many wise and good men feel very strongly, how grievous it is to have a foolish, wicked child.
Proverbs 17:21
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
BSB
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
KJV
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
ASV
He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
BBE
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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