Proverbs 4:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, 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, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands; I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.
And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great; for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.
These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shime-a, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;
I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him 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 first-born.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited.