Proverbs 4:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When I was a boy learning from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved 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.

BBE:

For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

DBY:

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

ERV:

For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved 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.

WBS:

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.

YLT:

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

Proverbs 4:3 Cross References

XREF:

1 Chronicles 22:5 David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it." So David made ample preparations before his death.

1 Chronicles 29:1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LORD God.

Zechariah 12:10 "I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

4:3 Tender - Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved - Beloved above all the rest.

MHC:

4:1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.

CONC:

Beloved Child Father's Gentle Sight Tender

Beloved Boy Child Father's Gentle House Mother Sight Tender

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