Psalm 78:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² I open my mouth in a parable; I utter riddles of old,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

Common English Bible

² I will open my mouth with a proverb. I’ll declare riddles from days long gone—

Catholic Public Domain Version

² 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.

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.’