Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Holman Bible
I explain my riddle with a lyre.
International Standard Version
I will focus my attention on a proverb; I will use the harp to expound my riddle.
A Conservative Version
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
American Standard Version
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Amplified
I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.
Bible in Basic English
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Darby Translation
I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.
Julia Smith Translation
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my enigma upon the harp.
King James 2000
I will incline my ear to a proverb: I will disclose my riddles upon the harp.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.
Modern King James verseion
I will bow down my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying on the harp.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.
NET Bible
I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
New Heart English Bible
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
The Emphasized Bible
I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
Webster
I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
World English Bible
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.
Youngs Literal Translation
I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
Themes
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 49:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Misplaced Trust In Wealth
3
My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart intelligence.
4
Cross References
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter enigmas of old,
Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak mouth to mouth and by sight not by enigmas; he shall see the similitude of the LORD. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my slave Moses?
Proverbs 1:6
To understand a parable and the interpretation; the words of the wise and their enigmas.
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 which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable and said, Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob and come, denounce Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?
Daniel 8:23
And at the end of their empire, when the prevaricators are come to the full, a king of arrogant countenance and expert in enigmas shall raise himself up.
Matthew 13:11-15
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given.
Luke 12:3
Therefore whatever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light, and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
2 Corinthians 3:12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we speak with great confidence,