3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.


In Context

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

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

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.