17:25 A foolish child is a grief 1 to his father,
and bitterness to the mother who bore him. 2
[17:25] 1 sn The Hebrew noun means “vexation, anger, grief.”
[17:25] 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.”
