Other translations
New Catholic Bible
for a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of his children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
Good News Translation®
When parents give their blessing, they give strength to their children's homes, but when they curse their children, they destroy the very foundations.
Wycliffe Bible
The blessing of the father maketh steadfast the houses of sons; but the cursing of the mother draweth out the foundaments (or the foundations) [by the root].
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
Common English Bible © 2011
since a father’s blessing supports his children’s families, but a mother’s curse undermines their foundations.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
A father’s blessing gives a person firm roots, but a mother’s curse uproots the growing plant.
Revised Standard Version
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother’s curse uproots their foundations.