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Proverbs 4:3–4

When I was a son with my father,

itender, jthe only one in the sight of my mother,

he ktaught me and said to me,

l“Let your heart hold fast my words;

mkeep my commandments, and live.

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Proverbs 4:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

For I too was a son to my father,

still tender, and cherished by my mother.

Then he taught me, and he said to me,

“Take hold of my words with all your heart;

keep my commands, and you will live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For I was my father’s son,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

He taught me also, and said unto me,

Let thine heart retain my words:

Keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For I, too, was once my father’s son,

tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.

My father taught me,

“Take my words to heart.

Follow my commands, and you will live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

When I was my father’s son,

Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,

He also taught me, and said to me:

“Let your heart retain my words;

Keep my commands, and live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

When I was a young boy in my father’s house

and like an only child to my mother,

my father taught me and said,

“Hold on to my words with all your heart.

Keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For I was a son unto my father,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And he taught me, and said unto me:

Let thy heart retain my words;

Keep my commandments, and live;

Proverbs 4:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 4:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

When I was a boy ⸤learning⸥ from my father, 

when I was a tender and only child of my mother, 

they used to teach me and say to me, 

“Cling to my words wholeheartedly. 

Obey my commands so that you may live. 

Proverbs 4:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

When I was a son with my father,

tender and precious to my mother,

he taught me and said:

“Your heart must hold on to my words.

Keep my commands and live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

When I was a son with my father,

tender, and my mother’s favorite,

he taught me, and said to me,

“Let your heart hold fast my words;

keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

When I was a son to my father,

tender and alone before my mother,

he taught me and said to me,

“May your heart hold fast to my words;

guard my commandments and live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I was once a young boy in my father’s house.

I was my mother’s only child.

My father taught me.

He said, “Hold on to my words with all your heart.

Keep my commands. Then you will live.

Proverbs 4:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

When I was a son to my father,

Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

Then he taught me and said to me,

“Let your heart hold fast my words;

Keep my commandments and live;


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