Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Father's Wisdom
2 For I gave to you good instruction; ye shall not forsake my law. 3 For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:5
And David will say, Solomon my son a youth and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah to be great for going up for a name and for glory to all the lands: I will now prepare for it. And David will prepare for abundance before his death.
1 Chronicles 29:1
And David the king will say to all the convocation, Solomon my son, God chose in him alone, is a youth and tender, and the work great; for the fortress not for man but for Jehovah God.
2 Samuel 12:24-25
And David will comfort Bath-Sheba his wife, and will go in to her and lie with her, and she will bear a son, and he will call his name Solomon: and Jehovah loved him.
1 Kings 1:13-17
Come, go in to king David, and say to him, My lord the king, didst thou not swear to thy servant, saying, That Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? and wherefore did Adonijah reign?
1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea and Shobab, and Nathan and Solomon; four to Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
Jeremiah 10:23
I knew, O Jehovah, that not to man his way; not to man to go and set right his step.
Zechariah 12:10
And I poured out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplications: and they looked to me whom they pierced, and they mourned for him as mourning for the only begotten, and being embittered for him as being embittered for the first-born.
Romans 12:16
Thinking the same towards one another. Not thinking high things but being led by humble things. Be not wise with yourselves.