NIV: A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
NAS: A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
KJV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
GWT: A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.
ASV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
BBE: A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
DBY: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
DRB: A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.
WBS: A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
WEB: A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
YLT: A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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