Psalm 49:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I will submit and consent to a parable or proverb; to the music of a lyre I will unfold my riddle (my problem).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

I will pay close attention to a proverb; I will explain my riddle on the lyre.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.

Psalm 49:4 Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Daniel 8:23

And at the latter end of their rule, when the transgressors have reached their full measure, a king of bold countenance, one who understands riddles, shall arise.

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Numbers 23:7

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Luke 12:3

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,