Proverbs 19:13
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
A foolishכְּסִ֑יל
(ke·sil;)
3684: stupid fellow, dullard, foolfrom kasal
sonבֵּ֣ן
(ben)
1121: sona prim. root
is destructionהַוֹּ֣ת
(hav·vot)
1942: desire, chasm, destructionfrom havah
to his father,לְ֭אָבִיו
(le·'a·viv)
1: fatherfrom an unused word
And the contentions 
 
4066: strife, contentionfrom din
of a wifeאִשָּֽׁה׃
(i·shah.)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
are a constantטֹ֝רֵ֗ד
(to·red)
2956: to pursue, chase, be continuousa prim. root
dripping.וְדֶ֥לֶף
(ve·de·lef)
1812: a droppingfrom dalaph


















KJV Lexicon
A foolish
kciyl  (kes-eel')
fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly -- fool(-ish).
son
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
is the calamity
havvah  (hav-vaw')
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin -- calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
of his father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and the contentions
midyan  (mid-yawn')
brawling, contention(-ous).
of a wife
'ishshah  (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
are a continual
tarad  (taw-rad')
to drive on; figuratively, to follow close -- continual.
dropping
deleph  (deh'-lef)
a dripping -- dropping.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a wife's nagging is an endless dripping.

International Standard Version
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.

NET Bible
A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A foolish son is a disgrace to a father, and the anxiety of a wife is like a continual dripping.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.

King James 2000 Bible
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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