Proverbs 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When I was a son with my father, tender and my mother’s favorite, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I was my father's son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba], American Standard Version (1901) For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Common English Bible When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother’s favorite, Catholic Public Domain Version For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother: |
For David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorified throughout all lands; I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.
King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the temple will not be for mortals but for the Lord God.
These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel;
I know, O Lord, that the way of humans is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.
And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.