A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
KJV
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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Commentary
A wise son maketh a glad father,.... See Gill on
Pro 10:1
;
but a foolish man despiseth his mother; that bore him and brought him up, and perhaps was too indulgent to him; which aggravates his sin and her sorrow; See Gill on
Pro 10:1
; or causes her to be despised by others, as Jarchi interprets it; such a man's sin, which is great folly, and shows him to be a foolish man, is highly resented by the Lord, and will be severely punished; see
Pro 30:17
. The Targum is,
"a foolish son despises his mother;''
and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, which makes the antithesis more clear; and the Hebrew text designs one grown up to man's estate.
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