Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved 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.
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.
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 Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law. 3 For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother, 4 he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:5
For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death.
1 Chronicles 29:1
And David the king said unto all the congregation, "God hath specially chosen Solomon my son which is yet young and tender, and the work is great, for the house 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 bare a son whose name was called Solomon, and the LORD loved him.
1 Kings 1:13-17
Go and get thee unto king David, and say unto him, 'Didst thou not, my lord king, sware unto thy handmaid saying: Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my seat? Why, then, is Adonijah made king?'
1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon: these four of Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.
Jeremiah 10:23
Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.
Zechariah 12:10
Moreover, upon the house of David and upon the citizens of Jerusalem, will I pour out the spirit of grace and prayer, so that they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall beweep him, as men mourn for their only begotten son: Yea, and be sorry for him, as men are sorry for their first child
Romans 12:16
Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions.