KJV King James Version
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
WEB World English Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
ASV American Standard Version
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
Surrounding context — Psalm 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
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Matthew 13:34-35All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:Matthew 13:11-13He 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.Mark 4:34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.Psalm 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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