Psalms 49:4

In 11 translations

BSB

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

KJV

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

WEB

I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.

ASV

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

LSV

I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:

YLT

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

DBY

I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

DRC48:5

I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

GNV

I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

JPS49:5

I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

LXXE48:5

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp.Gr. problem.

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Original-language editions

WLC49:5

אַטֶּ֣ה לְמָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתִֽי׃KJV:Ps.49.4

LXX-Br48:5

Κλινῶ εἰς παραβολὴν τὸ οὖς μου, ἀνοίξω ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ πρόβλημά μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
• Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
• Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
• Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
• 2 Corinthians 3:12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
• Matthew 13:11–15He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will…
• Luke 12:3What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
• Proverbs 1:6by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
• Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
• Daniel 8:23In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

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