KJV King James Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Psalm 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
WEB World English Bible
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
ASV American Standard Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Surrounding context — Psalm 49
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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Psalm 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:Matthew 13:35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.Numbers 12:8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.Matthew 13:11-15He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.2 Corinthians 3:12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.Daniel 8:23And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.Ezekiel 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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