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Proverbs 4:3

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4:3When I was a son to my father,7

a tender only child8 before my mother,

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  1. 7 Or “a boy with my father.”
  2. 8 The introduces the ideas of “obedient” and “beloved” for these two terms. This seems to be a free rendering, if not a translation of a different Hebrew textual tradition. The makes good sense and requires no emendation. Heb “tender and only one.” The phrase רַךְ וְיָחִיד (rakh véyakhid, “tender and only one”) is a hendiadys meaning “tender only child.” The adjective רַךְ (rakh) means “tender; delicate” ( 940 רַךְ), and describes a lad who is young and undeveloped in character (e.g., 2 Sam 3:39). The adjective יָחִיד (yakhid) means “only one” ( 402 יָחִיד) and refers to a beloved and prized only child (e.g., Gen 22:2).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When I was a son with my father,

tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For I too was a son to my father,

still tender, and cherished by my mother.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When I was a son with my father,

tender and precious to my mother,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For I, too, was once my father’s son,

tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When I was a son to my father,

tender and alone before my mother,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For I was my father’s son,

Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

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