Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before 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.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of 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 Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. 3 When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, 4 he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:5
David said, "My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction." So David made extensive preparations before he died.
1 Chronicles 29:1
King David said to the entire assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
2 Samuel 12:24-25
So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child
1 Kings 1:13-17
Visit King David and say to him, 'My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, "Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne"? So why has Adonijah become king?'
1 Chronicles 3:5
These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon -- the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.
Jeremiah 10:23
Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.
Zechariah 12:10
"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.