Proverbs 4:3

In 11 translations

BSB

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

KJV

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

WEB

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

ASV

For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

LSV

For I have been a son to my father—tender, || And an only one before my mother.

YLT

For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.

DBY

For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

DRC

For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

GNV

For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

JPS

For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

LXXE

For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Υἱὸς γὰρ ἐγενόμην κᾀγὼ πατρὶ ὑπήκοος, καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἐν προσώπῳ μητρός.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.”…
• 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
• 2 Samuel 12:24–25Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him…
• Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
• 1 Kings 1:13–17Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ Then, while…
• 1 Chronicles 3:5and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
• Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and…
• Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

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