ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Proverbs 4.1

Book: Proverbs · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

1. Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

  1. For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. 3. For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (Proverbs 4:1-3, ASV)
WEB

1. Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  1. for I give you sound learning. Don’t forsake my law. 3. For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother. (Proverbs 4:1-3, WEB)
KJV

1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  1. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (Proverbs 4:1-3, KJV)
YLT

1. Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  1. For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. 3. For, a son I have been to my father, tender, And an only one before my mother. (Proverbs 4:1-3, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.