Psalms 78:2
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
- KJV
- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- WEB
- I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
- ASV
- I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
- DARBY
- I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
- BLB
- I will open my mouth in a parable; I will pour forth things hidden from of old,
- ÅB
- Jeg vil åpne min munn med visdomsord, jeg vil la utstrømme gåtefulle ord fra fordums tid.
- OTB
- Jeg vil tale i lignelser;
Jeg vil dele gamle gåter, - B1930
- Jeg vil oplate min munn med tankesprog, jeg vil la utstrømme gåtefulle ord fra fordums tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 13:34–35
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Read in contextMatthew 13:11–13
He 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.
Read in contextMark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Read in contextPsalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Read in contextProverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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