ASV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
BBE: A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
DBY: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
KJV: A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
JPS: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
WBS: A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
WEB: A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
YLT: A calamity to his father 'is' a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife 'are' a continual dropping.
