Verse Comparison: Proverbs 19:13
American Standard Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Amplified® Bible
A self-confident {and} foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof].
Contemporary English Version
A foolish son brings disgrace to his father. A nagging wife goes on and on like the drip, drip, drip of the rain.
Darby English Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Good News Bible
Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip.
King James Version
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.
New International Version
A foolish son is his father's ruin,
and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
New King James Version
A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
A foolish son brings destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife seem like a constant dripping.
Revised Standard Version
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Young's Literal Translation
A calamity to his father `is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife `are' a continual dropping.