Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 17:21

יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְתוּגָ֣ה ל֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃
King James Version (KJV)

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

Modern English

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Hebrew

יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְתוּגָ֣ה ל֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃

yoled ksiyl ltvgah lvo vloʾ yishmaḥ ʾabiy nabal

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