Verse List for PROV 4:3

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) When I was a boy in my father’s house, ⇔ ≈ and I was my mother’s tender son,

OET-LV If/because a _son I _was to_father _of_my a _tender and_only_child to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before mother _of_my.

ULT When I was a son of my father, ⇔ the tender and only one to the face of my mother,

UST When I was just a boy with my father, ⇔  and my mother’s delicate, only son.

BSB & MSB When I was a son to my father, ⇔  tender and the only child of my mother,

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB For I was a son to my father, ⇔  tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

NET When I was a son to my father, ⇔ a tender only child before my mother,

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

FBV When I was a son with my father—a tender young boy, my mother's only child—

T4T When I was a young boy, loved by my mother,

LEB • When I was a son to my father,
• tender and alone before my mother,

BBE For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.

Moff When I was a son with my father, ⇔  a little one, loved by my mother,

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

ASV For I was a son unto my father, ⇔ Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

DRA For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

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

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

RV For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

SLT For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother.

Wbstr For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

KJB-1769 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

KJB-1611 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and onely beloued in the sight of my mother.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother:
(For when I myself was my fathers dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother:)

Gnva For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
(For I was my fathers son, tender and dear in the sight of my mother,)

Cvdl For when I myself was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother,
(For when I myself was my fathers dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,)

Wycl For whi and Y was the sone of my fadir, a tendir sone, and oon `gendride bifore my modir.
(For why and I was the son of my father, a tender son, and one begat/gave_birth_to before my mother.)

Luth Denn ich war meines Vaters Sohn, ein zarter und ein einiger vor meiner Mutter,
(Because I what/which my father son, a delicate and a some before/in_front_of mine mother,)

ClVg Nam et ego filius fui patris mei, tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea.[fn]
(For/Surely and I son I_was of_the_father my/mine, tenellus and only_son before mother my.)

UHB כִּי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְ⁠אָבִ֑⁠י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝⁠יָחִ֗יד לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽ⁠י׃ ‡

BrLXX Υἱὸς γὰρ ἐγενόμην κᾀγὼ πατρὶ ὑπήκοος, καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἐν προσώπῳ μητρός.

BrTr For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother: