Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions.
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Holman Bible
They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
International Standard Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.
A Conservative Version
and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths.
American Standard Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Amplified
and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].
An Understandable Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn their attention to myths.
Anderson New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to fables.
Bible in Basic English
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Common New Testament
and will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Daniel Mace New Testament
which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.
Darby Translation
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.
Godbey New Testament
and they will indeed turn their hearing from the truth, and be turned unto fables.
Goodspeed New Testament
and they will turn from listening to the truth and wander off after fictions.
John Wesley New Testament
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
King James 2000
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.
Modern King James verseion
And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:
Moffatt New Testament
they will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths.
Montgomery New Testament
They will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.
NET Bible
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
New Heart English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.
Noyes New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Sawyer New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to myths.
The Emphasized Bible
And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They will turn a deaf ear to the Truth, and give their attention to legends instead.
Webster
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.
Weymouth New Testament
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
Williams New Testament
and they will cease to listen to the truth and will turn to listen to myths.
World English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Worrell New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to the fables.
Worsley New Testament
and turn away their attention from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Youngs Literal Translation
and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
Themes
Apostasy » Warnings concerning
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Doctrine » Some not enduring sound doctrine
false Doctrines » The wicked love
Fables » Some being turned to fables
Topics
Interlinear
Apostrepho
De
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 4:4
Prayers for 2 Timothy 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Charge To Timothy
3 For the time will be when they will not hear sound doctrine; but according to their own eager desires they will heap up to themselves teachers, feeling itchings for a report; 4 And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions. 5 And thou be sober in all things, suffer ill treatment, do the work of the bearer of good news, render thy service perfectly certain.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:4
Neither hold to fictions and endless genealogies, which offer questions, rather than the arrangement of God in the faith:
1 Timothy 4:7
And profane and old women's fictions reject, and exercise thyself in devotion.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, watch that which holds firm, turning aside from profane, idle talk, and oppositions of knowledge, bearing a false name:
Titus 1:14
Not holding to Jewish fictions, and commands of men, having turned away from the truth.
2 Peter 1:16
For not having followed ingeniously contrived fictions, we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but having been spectators of his majesty.
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the error of the foolish shall destroy them.
Zechariah 7:11
And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.
Acts 7:57
And having cried with a great voice, they held fast their ears, and rushed unanimously upon him,
2 Timothy 1:15
Thou knowest this, that all they dwelling in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Hebrews 13:25
They from Italy greet you. Grace with you all. Amen.