Psalm 49:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ I incline my ear to a parable; I expound my riddle on the lyre.

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

Proverbs 1:6

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

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said, “Ah, Master יהוה! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not speaking parables?’ ”

Daniel 8:23

“And in the latter time of their rule, when the transgressors have filled up their measure, a sovereign, fierce of face and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.

Numbers 12:8

“I speak with him mouth to mouth, and plainly, and not in riddles. And he sees the form of יהוה. So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Mosheh?”

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his proverb and said, “Balaq the sovereign of Mo’aḇ

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Luke 12:3

“So, whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Having then such expectation, we use much boldness of speech,