Psalm 49:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Common English Bible

⁴ I will pay close attention to a proverb; I will explain my riddle on the lyre.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ 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 of old:

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Daniel 8:23

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.

Numbers 12:8

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Matthew 13:35

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Luke 12:3

Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: