Psalm 49:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

Psalm 49:4 Cross References

Psalm 78:2

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

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 hidden from the foundation of the world.

Proverbs 1:6

To understand a proverb, and a figure; The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Numbers 12:8

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?

2 Corinthians 3:12

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

Luke 12:3

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?