A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual 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 child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

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 continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.He said to him,“ Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him,“ I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”Jonadab said to him,“ Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him,‘ Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.’”So Amnon lay down and faked being sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king,“ Please let my sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”Then David sent home to Tamar, saying,“ Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. She took dough, and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said,“ Have all men leave me.” Then every man went out from him.Amnon said to Tamar,“ Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand.” Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her,“ Come, lie with me, my sister!”She answered him,“ No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don’t you do this folly.As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.Then Amnon hated her with exceedingly great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her,“ Arise, be gone!”She said to him,“ Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said,“ Now put this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.”She had a garment of various colors on her; for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.