Proverbs 4:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
David said, ‘My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands. Therefore, I will make provision for it.’ So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.
Then King David said to all the assembly, ‘My son Solomon #– #God has chosen him alone #– #is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for the Lord God.
These sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel.
I know, Lord, that a person’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.
‘Then I will pour out a spirit , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.