A wise son maketh a glad father
(See Gill on Proverbs
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
Proverbs
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 ( Proverbs
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.