Psalm 78:2 - The Scriptures 1998

I open my mouth in a parable; I utter riddles of old,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I will open my mouth in a parable (in instruction by numerous examples); I will utter dark sayings of old [that hide important truth]–[Matt. 13:34, 35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

I will open my mouth with a proverb. I’ll declare riddles from days long gone—

Catholic Public Domain Version

They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 78:2 Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I incline my ear to a parable; I expound my riddle on the lyre.

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the crookedness of my supplanters surrounds me?

Proverbs 1:6

For understanding a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles.

Isaiah 46:9

“Remember the former events of old, for I am Ě

Mark 4:34

and He was not speaking to them without parables. And when they were alone, He explained all to His taught ones.

Deuteronomy 29:28

‘And יהוה  uprooted them from their land in displeasure, and in wrath, and in great rage, and cast them into another land, as it is today.’