Proverbs 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow,.... As it proves in the issue; though it was joy to him when a man child was born, and took delight in him while in infancy and childhood, and promised…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
This expresses that very emphatically which many wise and good men feel very sensibly, what a grievous vexatious thing it is to have a foolish wicked child. See here, 1. How uncertain all our…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a fool … a fool The Heb. word so rendered is not the same in the two clauses of the verse. The first word in the first clause describes the fool as dullor senseless, or as some think obstinate. The…
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