He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
WEB
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
YLT
Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.
DBT
He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.