Proverbs 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 4:3

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 4:3

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

Amplified® Bible
When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],

Contemporary English Version
When I was still very young and my mother's favorite child, my father

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

Good News Bible
When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son,

King James Version
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

New American Standard Bible
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

New International Version
When I was a boy in my father's house,
still tender, and an only child of my mother,

New King James Version
When I was my father’s son,
Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
As a young son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Revised Standard Version
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

Young's Literal Translation
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

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