Proverbs 4:3

Proverbs 4:3 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3For I too was a son to my father,

still tender, and cherished by my mother.

3When I was a son to my father,

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

3When I was a son with my father (David),

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),

3When I was a son to my father,

tender and the only child of my mother,

3For I was a son unto my father,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

3For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,

3For I was a son to my father,

tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

3I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house.

And my mother loved me deeply.

3-4My father taught me when I was a little boy. My mother loved me as her only child. My father said to me,

‘Think carefully about what I tell you.

If you obey my commands, you will live well.

3For I have been a son to my father—tender, || And an only one before my mother.