A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

愚昧的儿子是父亲的祸患；妻子的争吵如雨连连滴漏。

愚昧的儿子是父亲的祸患，妻子的争吵如雨连连滴漏。

愚昧的儿子是父亲的祸患，妻子的争吵如雨连连滴漏。

愚昧之子是父亲的灾殃，争闹之妻如雨滴漏不止。

愚昧的儿子是父亲的祸患，吵闹的妻子好像雨水不停地滴漏。

愚昧的儿子，是父亲的祸患；妻子的争吵，像霪雨连连滴漏。

愚昧的兒子是父親的禍患；妻子的爭吵如雨連連滴漏。

愚昧的兒子是父親的禍患，妻子的爭吵如雨連連滴漏。

愚昧的兒子是父親的禍患，妻子的爭吵如雨連連滴漏。

愚昧之子是父親的災殃，爭鬧之妻如雨滴漏不止。

愚昧的兒子是父親的禍患，吵鬧的妻子好像雨水不停地滴漏。

愚頑的兒子是父親的禍患；妻子的爭吵如不斷之滴漏。

愚昧的兒子，是父親的禍患；妻子的爭吵，像霪雨連連滴漏。

蠢子為其父之災、悍婦乃恆滴之水、

子不肖、憂親心、妻不賢、等屋漏。

不肖之子、為父之災、好爭之妻、如屋漏水滴、

A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

A foolish child is a father’s ruin. A nagging wife is like dripping that never stops.

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.

A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.

A foolish son[ is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife[ are] a continual dropping.

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

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

as water wears away the stones and floods wash away the soil, so you destroy people’s hope.

It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there is no joy for the father of a rebel.

Sensible children bring joy to their father; foolish children despise their mother.

I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!

Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her.Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.But Amnon had a very crafty friend— his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimea.One day Jonadab said to Amnon,“ What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?” So Amnon told him,“ I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”“ Well,” Jonadab said,“ I’ll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you’ll feel better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.”So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon asked him,“ Please let my sister Tamar come and cook my favorite dish as I watch. Then I can eat it from her own hands.”So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon’s house to prepare some food for him.When Tamar arrived at Amnon’s house, she went to the place where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough. Then she baked his favorite dish for him.But when she set the serving tray before him, he refused to eat.“ Everyone get out of here,” Amnon told his servants. So they all left.Then he said to Tamar,“ Now bring the food into my bedroom and feed it to me here.” So Tamar took his favorite dish to him.But as she was feeding him, he grabbed her and demanded,“ Come to bed with me, my darling sister.”“ No, my brother!” she cried.“ Don’t be foolish! Don’t do this to me! Such wicked things aren’t done in Israel.Where could I go in my shame? And you would be called one of the greatest fools in Israel. Please, just speak to the king about it, and he will let you marry me.”But Amnon wouldn’t listen to her, and since he was stronger than she was, he raped her.Then suddenly Amnon’s love turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her.“ Get out of here!” he snarled at her.“ No, no!” Tamar cried.“ Sending me away now is worse than what you’ve already done to me.” But Amnon wouldn’t listen to her.He shouted for his servant and demanded,“ Throw this woman out, and lock the door behind her!”So the servant put her out and locked the door behind her. She was wearing a long, beautiful robe, as was the custom in those days for the king’s virgin daughters.