Parallel Verses

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 Version

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

Holman 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,

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


When I was a son with my father (David),
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רך 
Rak 
Usage: 16

and only
יחיד 
Yachiyd 
Usage: 12

beloved in the sight
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Fausets

Context Readings

The Father's Wisdom

2 For I give you sound teaching;
Do not abandon my instruction.
3 When I was a son to my father,
Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
4 Then he taught me and said to me,
“Let your heart hold fast my words;
Keep my commandments and live;


Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5

David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.

1 Chronicles 29:1

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

2 Samuel 12:24-25

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved him

1 Kings 1:13-17

Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

1 Chronicles 3:5

These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself,
Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

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