Proverbs 17:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֹלֵד כְּסִיל לְתוּגָה לוֹ וְלֹא־יִשְׂמַח אֲבִי נָבָל

Transliteration

yōlēd kəsîl to tûgāh to him wə-lō-yiśmach 'ăbî nābāl

Grammar Details

*yōlēd*: participle, Qal - begetting/fathering
*kəsîl*: noun, masculine singular - fool
*lə-tûgāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for sorrow
*lô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*wə-lō*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yiśmach*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will rejoice
*'ăbî*: noun, masculine singular construct - father of
*nābāl*: noun, masculine singular - fool

Word Meanings

*yōlēd*: begetting/fathering/giving birth to
*kəsîl*: fool/stupid person
*tûgāh*: grief/sorrow/heartache
*yiśmach*: rejoices/will rejoice
*'ăbî*: father of
*nābāl*: fool/senseless person

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Referenced Verses

Prov 10:1 : 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Prov 19:13 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Prov 17:25 : 25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Prov 15:20 : 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Prov 23:15-16 : 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Gen 26:34 : 34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
1 Sam 2:32-35 : 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
2 Sam 18:33 : 33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Phlm 1:19-20 : 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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