I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 To understand a proverb, and a figure; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles. American Standard Version (1901) To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Common English Bible They help one understand proverbs and difficult sayings, the words of the wise, and their puzzles. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall turn his soul to a parable and to its interpretation, to the words of the wise and their enigmas. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings. |
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
These also are sayings of the wise To have respect of persons in judgement is not good.
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
And 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.
with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; wherein are some things hard to be understood, which the ignorant and unstedfast wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.