Proverbs 4:3
King James Version (KJV)
For 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 every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- WEB World English Bible
- For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.