Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son
Proverbs 10:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- KJV
- The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- WEB
- The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
- ASV
- The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- LSV
- Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causes a father to rejoice, || And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
- YLT
- Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.
- DBY
- The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
- DRC
- A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
- GNV
- THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
- JPS
- The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
- LXXE
- A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מִשְׁלֵ֗י שְׁלֹ֫מֹ֥ה בֵּ֣ן חָ֭כָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָ֑ב וּבֵ֥ן כְּ֝סִ֗יל תּוּגַ֥ת אִמּֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Υἱὸς σοφὸς εὐφραίνει πατέρα, υἱὸς δὲ ἄφρων λύπη τῇ μητρί.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 1:1These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
- Proverbs 29:15A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 23:15–16My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
- Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- Proverbs 23:24–25The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
- Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
- Proverbs 17:21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- Ecclesiastes 12:9Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs.
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- Proverbs 25:1These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- 1 Kings 4:32Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
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