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Saying 17

Proverbs 23:25

In 11 translations

BSB
May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
KJV
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
WEB
Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!
ASV
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
LSV
Your father and your mother rejoice, || Indeed, she bearing you is joyful.
YLT
Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
DBY
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
DRC
Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
GNV
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
JPS
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
LXXE
Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

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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
יִֽשְׂמַח־אָבִ֥יךָ וְאִמֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝תָגֵ֗ל יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃
LXX-Br
Εὐφραινέσθω ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ ἐπὶ σοὶ, καὶ χαιρέτω ἡ τεκοῦσά σε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
  • Luke 11:27–28As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!” But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the…
  • Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
  • Luke 1:40–47where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed…
  • 1 Chronicles 4:9–10Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May…
  • Luke 1:31–33Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He…

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