Proverbs 4:3
“For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.”
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Proverbs 4:3 Context
1Heare, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know vnderstanding. 2For I giue you good doctrine: forsake you not my law. 3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother. 4He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue. 5Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 4:3
For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
- King James Version
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
- Basic English Bible
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
- Darby Bible
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- Webster's Bible
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
- World English Bible
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 4:3
4:3 Tender - Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved - Beloved above all the rest.