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Proverbs 19:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 13 A stupid son brings adversity on his father,+
  And a quarrelsome* wife is like a roof that never stops leaking.+

Proverbs 19:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 13 A stupid son means adversities to his father,+ and the contentions of a wife are as a leaking roof that drives one away.+

Proverbs 19:13

The Bible in Living English
- 13 A foolish son is a catastrophe to his father,
  and a woman’s wrangles are a steadily dribbling leak in the roof.

Proverbs 19:13

American Standard Version
- 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13

The Emphasized Bible
- 13 Engulfing ruin to his father is a son that is a dullard,—And a continuous dripping are the contentions of a wife.

Proverbs 19:13

King James Version
- 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.