Pro 23:24-25 | NETfull | STEP | The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.

Proverbs 23:24-25

24 The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; ^{▼▼ The Qere reading has the imperfect יָגִיל (yagil) with the cognate accusative גִּיל (gil) which intensifies the meaning and the specific future of this verb.}
whoever fathers a wise child ^{▼▼ The term “child” is supplied for the masculine singular adjective here.} will have joy in him.
25 May your father and your mother have joy;
may she who bore you rejoice. ^{▼▼ The form תָגֵל (tagel) is clearly a short form and therefore a jussive (“may she…rejoice”); if this second verb is a jussive, then the parallel יִשְׂמַח (yismakh) should be a jussive also (“may your father and your mother have joy”).}