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Proverbs 17:25
New English Translation

25 A foolish child is a grief[a] to his father,
and bitterness to the mother who bore him.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 17:25 sn The Hebrew noun means “vexation, anger, grief.”
  2. Proverbs 17:25 tn Heb “to the one who bore him.” Because the participle is feminine singular in Hebrew, this has been translated as “the mother who bore him.”sn The proverb is similar to v. 21, 10:1, and 15:20.
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