Proverbs 4:3
Proverbs 4:3-9 The Message (MSG)
When I was a boy at my father’s knee, the pride and joy of my mother, He would sit me down and drill me: “Take this to heart. Do what I tell you—live! Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding! Don’t forget one word! Don’t deviate an inch! Never walk away from Wisdom—she guards your life; love her—she keeps her eye on you. Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding! Throw your arms around her—believe me, you won’t regret it; never let her go—she’ll make your life glorious. She’ll garland your life with grace, she’ll festoon your days with beauty.”
Proverbs 4:3 King James Version (KJV)
For I was my father's son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother
Proverbs 4:3 New Century Version (NCV)
When I was a young boy in my father’s house and like an only child to my mother
Proverbs 4:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:3 New International Version (NIV)
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
Proverbs 4:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother
Proverbs 4:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
When I was a son with my father (David), Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba)
Proverbs 4:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
For I, too, was once my father’s son, tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.