Text -- Proverbs 15:20 (NET)

15:20 A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 15:20

¹ tn Heb “son.”

² tn Heb “a fool of a man,” a genitive of specification.

³ 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).