Proverbs 4:3 For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.

English Standard Version
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

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,

American Standard Version
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

Darby Bible Translation
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

Young's Literal Translation
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 29:1
Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. father's son—emphatic, a son specially regarded, and so called tender, as an object of special care (compare 1Ch 22:7; 29:1); an idea further expressed by

only beloved—or, "as an only son" (Ge 22:2), though he had brothers (see on [643]1Ch 3:5).