| Hebrew | |
| ESV |   
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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| NIV |   
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.
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| NLT |   
Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
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| LXX |   
ὀργὴ πατρὶ υἱὸς ἄφρων καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί  greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ὀδύνη τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article τεκούσῃ αὐτοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)  | 
	
| KJV |   
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Proverbs 17:24 ← Proverbs 17:25 → Proverbs 17:26
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