Saying 17

Proverbs 23:24

In 11 translations

BSB: The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
KJV: The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
WEB: The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
ASV: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
LSV: The father of the righteous rejoices greatly, || The begetter of the wise rejoices in him.
YLT: The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
DBY: The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
DRC: The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.
GNV: The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
JPS: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
LXXE: A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.

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Written (Ketiv): יוֹלֵד (“[one who] begets”). Read aloud (Qere): וְיוֹלֵ֥ד (“and [one who] begets”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Written (Ketiv): וְיִשְׂמַח (“and he rejoices”). Read aloud (Qere): יִשְׂמַח (“he rejoices”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (6)

Leningrad Codex reads גִּ֣ול; read aloud (Qere) reads גִּ֣יל (“certainly to rejoice”).
Written (Ketiv): גּוֹל. Read aloud (Qere): גִּ֣יל (“certainly to rejoice”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Leningrad Codex reads יָ֭גִול; read aloud (Qere) reads יָ֭גִיל (“he rejoices”).
Written (Ketiv): יָגוֹל. Read aloud (Qere): יָ֭גִיל (“he rejoices”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Leningrad Codex reads ְיוֹלֵ֥ד; read aloud (Qere) reads וְיוֹלֵ֥ד (“and [one who] begets”).
Leningrad Codex reads ויִשְׂמַח־; read aloud (Qere) reads יִשְׂמַח (“he rejoices”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC: גול יגול אֲבִ֣י צַדִּ֑יק יולד חָ֝כָ֗ם וישמח־בּֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): גִּ֣ילRead aloud as (qere): יָ֭גִילRead aloud as (qere): וְיוֹלֵ֥דRead aloud as (qere): יִשְׂמַח
LXX-Br: Καλῶς ἐκτρέφει πατὴρ δίκαιος, ἐπὶ δὲ υἱῷ σοφῷ εὐφραίνεται ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Mother Young Men Face Joy Proverbs, the Book of Children

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
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.
Philemon 1:20Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Philemon 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
1 Kings 2:9Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
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 2:1–3As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to…
1 Kings 1:48saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”

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