Proverbs 23:24

Hebrew	גול גִּ֣יל יגול יָ֭גִיל אֲבִ֣י צַדִּ֑יק יולד וְיוֹלֵ֥ד חָ֝כָ֗ם וישמח יִשְׂמַח בּֽוֹ
ESV	The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
NIV	The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
NLT	The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.
LXX	καλῶς ἐκτρέφει πατὴρ δίκαιος ἐπὶ δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. υἱῷ σοφῷ εὐφραίνεται ἡplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ, ἡ, τό greek Meaning: * The The definite article. Forms Singular Case Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative ὁ ἡ τό Genitive τοῦ τῆς τοῦ Dative τῷ τῇ ψυχὴ 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	The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

^{Proverbs 23:23 ← Proverbs 23:24 → Proverbs 23:25}

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