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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי-בן הייתי לאבי רך ויחיד לפני אמי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky-bn hyyty lAby rk vyKHyd lpny Amy

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nam et ego filius fui patris mei tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
New King James Version   
When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
21st Century King James Version   
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For I have been a delightful son to my father and an only child in the presence of my mother.
Darby Bible Translation   
For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For I was a son unto my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
God's Word   
When I was a boy [learning] from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother,
Holman Christian Standard 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,
NET Bible   
When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,
New American Standard Bible   
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
New International Version   
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.
New Living Translation   
For I, too, was once my father's son, tenderly loved as my mother's only child.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
The World English Bible   
For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.
EasyEnglish Bible   
My father taught me when I was a little boy. My mother loved me as her only child. My father said to me, ‘Think carefully about what I tell you. If you obey my commands, you will live well.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
New Life Version   
When I was a much loved and only son of my mother and father,
The Voice Bible   
Back when I was young—the very image of my father, and yet from my mother’s view, still her only boy—
Living Bible   
For I, too, was once a son, tenderly loved by my mother as an only child, and the companion of my father.
New Catholic Bible   
When I was a young boy in my father’s house, tender in years and my mother’s only child,
Legacy Standard Bible   
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son before my mother,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For I was my father’s son, tender and unique in the sight of my mother.
Christian Standard Bible   
When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],
New Century Version   
When I was a young boy in my father’s house and like an only child to my mother,
The Message   
When I was a boy at my father’s knee, the pride and joy of my mother, He would sit me down and drill me: “Take this to heart. Do what I tell you—live! Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding! Don’t forget one word! Don’t deviate an inch! Never walk away from Wisdom—she guards your life; love her—she keeps her eye on you. Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding! Throw your arms around her—believe me, you won’t regret it; never let her go—she’ll make your life glorious. She’ll garland your life with grace, she’ll festoon your days with beauty.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
When I was a son living with my father, a tender and only child with my mother,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When I was a son with my father, tender, and my mother’s favorite,
Good News Translation®   
When I was only a little boy, my parents' only son,
Wycliffe Bible   
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.)
Contemporary English Version   
When I was still very young and my mother's favorite child, my father
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
When I was a son with my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
When I was a son with my father, tender, and my mother’s favourite,
Common English Bible © 2011   
When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When I was a son with my father (David), Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother (Bathsheba),
English Standard Version Anglicised   
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When I was my father’s child, tender, the darling of my mother,
New American Standard Bible   
When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,
The Expanded Bible   
When I was a ·young boy in my father’s house [L son to my father] ·and like an only child to [L tender, and the only one of] my mother,
Tree of Life Version   
When I was a son to my father, tender and special to my mother,
Revised Standard Version   
When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
New International Reader's Version   
I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house. And my mother loved me deeply.
BRG Bible   
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For I too was once a child to my father; and my mother, too, thought of me as her special darling.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
When I was a son with my father, tender, and my mother’s favourite,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For I was ben to avi, tender and yachid (an only child) before immi.
Names of God Bible   
When I was a boy learning from my father, when I was a tender and only child of my mother,
Modern English Version   
For I was my father’s son, tender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Easy-to-Read Version   
When I was my father’s little boy and my mother’s dear son,
International Children’s Bible   
I was once a young boy in my father’s house. I was like an only child to my mother.
Lexham English Bible   
When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother,
New International Version - UK   
For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.