I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
John 16:25 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve). American Standard Version (1901) These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father. Common English Bible “I’ve been using figures of speech with you. The time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in such analogies. Instead, I will tell you plainly about the Father. Catholic Public Domain Version I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The hour cometh, when I will no more speak to you in proverbs, but will shew you plainly of the Father. |
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
He said to them, *Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own talmidim he explained all things.
The Judeans therefore came around him and said to him, *How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.*
Yeshua spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.