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Proverbs 4:3-4 in English

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Proverbs 4:3-4 in American Standard Version (1901)

3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
Proverbs 4 in American Standard Version (1901)

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

3 For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
4 who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
Proverbs 4 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

Proverbs 4:3-4 in King James Version + Apocrypha

3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in King James Version + Apocrypha

Proverbs 4:3-4 in King James (Authorized) Version

3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in King James (Authorized) Version

Proverbs 4:3-4 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

3 For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
4 who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
Proverbs 4 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

PROVERBS 4:3-4 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live:
PROVERBS 4 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Translation for Translators

3 When I was a young boy, loved by my mother,
4 my father told me, “Remember my words; if you obey my commandments, you will live a long time.
Proverbs 4 in Translation for Translators

Proverbs 4:3-4 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

3 For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
4 who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:
Proverbs 4 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World English Bible (Catholic)

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World English Bible (Catholic)

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Bible in Basic English

3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother.
4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life:
Proverbs 4 in Bible in Basic English

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Darby Translation

3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4 in Darby Translation

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Douay-Rheims 1899

3 For I also was my father’s son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
4 And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.
Proverbs 4 in Douay-Rheims 1899

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Free Bible Version

3 When I was a son with my father—a tender young boy, my mother's only child—
4 he was the one who taught me. He told me, “Pay attention to the words I say and keep them in mind; do what I tell you and you will live.
Proverbs 4 in Free Bible Version

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Geneva Bible 1599

3 For I was my fathers sonne, tender and deare in the sight of my mother,
4 When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.
Proverbs 4 in Geneva Bible 1599

Proverbs 4:3-4 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live;
Proverbs 4 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

Proverbs 4:3-4 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

3 For I was my father’s son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

3 For I was a son unto my father, a tender and an only child before my mother.
4 And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.
Proverbs 4 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

3 For I also was a son obedient to my father, And loved in the sight of my mother:
4 Who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thy heart, Keep our commandments, forget them not:
Proverbs 4 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 don't exist in Nyangumarta English Bible.
Proverbs 4 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in George Noyes Bible

3 For I was my father's son, A tender and only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in George Noyes Bible

Proverbs [Sayings] 4:3-4 in One Unity Resource Bible

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my mitzvot ·instructions·, and live.
Proverbs [Sayings] 4 in One Unity Resource Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Unlocked Literal Bible

3 When I was a son of my father, the tender and only child of my mother,
4 he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast to my words; keep my commands and live.
Proverbs 4 in Unlocked Literal Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World English Bible

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World English Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World English Bible British Edition

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World English Bible British Edition

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Noah Webster Bible

3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in Noah Webster Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World Messianic Bible

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World Messianic Bible

Proverbs 4:3-4 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

3 For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

3 For why and I was the son of my father, a tender son, and one begotten, before my mother.
4 And my father taught me, and said, Thine heart receive my words; keep thou my behests, and thou shalt live.

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling (Enhanced)

3 For why and I was the son of my father, a tender son, and one begotten, before my mother. (For I was my father’s son, a tender son, and my mother’s only child.)
4 And my father taught me, and said, Thine heart receive my words; keep thou my behests (or obey my commands), and thou shalt live.

Proverbs 4:3-4 in Young's Literal Translation

3 For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.
4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.