Proverbs 4:3
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.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
- KJV
- 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.
- ASV
- For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
- DARBY
- For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
- BLB
- For I was a son to my father, tender and the only one before the face of my mother,
- ÅB
- For da jeg var sønn hjemme hos min far, da jeg var liten og min mors eneste barn,
- OTB
- Da jeg var en sønn for min far, øm og kjær for min mor,
- B1930
- For da jeg var sønn hjemme hos min far, da jeg var liten og min mors eneste barn,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Read in contextRomans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:1
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Read in contextZechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
Read in contextJeremiah 10:23
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:24–25
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
Read in context1 Kings 1:13–17
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
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