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Selected Verse: Proverbs 17:21 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 17:21	King James	He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Compare Pro 23:24). Different words are rendered by "fool," both denoting stupidity and impiety.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

(Compare Pro 23:24). Different words are rendered by "fool," both denoting stupidity and impiety.

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²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.