Text -- Proverbs 17:25 (NET)

17:25 A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 17:25

¹ sn The Hebrew noun means “vexation, anger, grief.”

² 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.