NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For I was my father's'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. son ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. tender rak (rak) tender; by implication, weak -- faint(-hearted), soft, tender (-hearted), one), weak. and only yachiyd (yaw-kheed') united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced) -- darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary. beloved in the sight paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) of my mother 'em (ame) a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, King James Bible For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Holman Christian Standard Bible When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, International Standard Version When I was a son to my father, not yet strong and an only son to my mother, NET Bible When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, Aramaic Bible in Plain English For I have been a delightful son to my father and an only child in the presence of my mother. GOD'S WORD® Translation When I was a boy [learning] from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother, King James 2000 Bible For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother. Links Proverbs 4:3Proverbs 4:3 NIV Proverbs 4:3 NLT Proverbs 4:3 ESV Proverbs 4:3 NASB Proverbs 4:3 KJV |
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