Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old,
New American Standard Bible
I will utter
King James Version
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Holman Bible
I will speak mysteries from the past
International Standard Version
I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago
American Standard Version
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
Amplified
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples];
I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]—
Bible in Basic English
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Darby Translation
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Julia Smith Translation
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter enigmas from ancient time:
King James 2000
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will offer a parable [with] my mouth. I will pour out riddles from long ago,
Modern King James verseion
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak dark sayings of old,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;
NET Bible
I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.
New Heart English Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
The Emphasized Bible
I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; -
Webster
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
World English Bible
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Youngs Literal Translation
I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 78:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lessons From Israel's Past
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Cross References
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6
to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:11-13
And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Matthew 13:34-35
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Mark 4:34
And he did not speak to them apart from a parable, but privately he explained all things to his disciples.