Proverbs 4:3

Proverbs 4:3 in 6 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 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,

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

And my mother loved me deeply.