Proverbs 15:20 New English Translation

²⁰A wise child^[a] brings joy to his father,
but a foolish person^[b] despises^[c] his mother.

Proverbs 15:20 tn Heb “son.”
Proverbs 15:20 tn Heb “a fool of a man,” a genitive of specification.
Proverbs 15:20 sn The proverb is almost the same as 10:1, except that “despises” replaces “grief.” This adds the idea of the callousness of the one who inflicts grief on his mother (D. Kidner, Proverbs [TOTC], 116).

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