Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Holman Bible
tender and precious to my mother,
International Standard Version
When I was a son to my father, not yet strong and an only son to my mother,
A Conservative Version
For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
American Standard Version
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Amplified
When I was a son with my father (David),
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),
Bible in Basic English
For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
Darby Translation
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Julia Smith Translation
For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother.
King James 2000
For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,
Modern King James verseion
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,
NET Bible
When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,
New Heart English Bible
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.
Webster
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
World English Bible
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
Youngs Literal Translation
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
Topics
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Father's Wisdom
2
For I give you good doctrine; do not forsake my law.
3
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon, my son, is yet young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be magnificent par excellence, of fame and of glory throughout all lands; I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
1 Chronicles 29:1
Furthermore, David, the king, said unto all the congregation, Only Solomon, my son, has God chosen; he is young and tender, and the work is great, for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
2 Samuel 12:24-25
And David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and went in unto her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he called his name Solomon; ; and the LORD loved him.
1 Kings 1:13-17
Go and enter in unto King David and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon, thy son, shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?
1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four of Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel:
Jeremiah 10:23
O LORD, I know that man is not the lord of his own way: it is not in man that walks to order his steps.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of prayer, and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn over him as one mourns for his only son, afflicting themselves over him as one afflicts himself over his firstborn.
Romans 12:16
Be unanimous among yourselves, not high minded, but accommodating the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.