King James Version

Proverbs 23:25

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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יִֽשְׂמַחyismachbe gladשָׂמַחverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be glad”, a wish or indirect commandH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.אָבִ֥יךָavikhafatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.וְאִמֶּ֑ךָveimekhaand motherאֵםconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and mother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))dam, mother, [idiom] parting.וְ֝תָגֵ֗לvetageland rejoiceגִּילconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and rejoice”, a wish or indirect commandH1523properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fearbe glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.יֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָyoladtekhabearיָלַדverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, a verb used as a describing wordH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

Young’s Literal Translation

Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

World English Bible

Let your father and your mother be glad! Let her who bore you rejoice!

Darby Translation

let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

Douay-Rheims

Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐφραινέσθω ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ ἐπὶ σοὶ, καὶ χαιρέτω ἡ τεκοῦσά σε.