Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; -
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
A Conservative Version
I will open my mouth in parable{s (LXX/NT)}. I will utter dark sayings of old,
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,
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 mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth; 2 I will open, in a parable, my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity; - 3 Which we have heard, and come to know, And, our fathers, have recounted to us;
Cross References
Psalm 49:4
I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
Proverbs 1:6
By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:11-13
And, he, answering, said, Because, unto you, hath it been given, to get to know the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, - whereas, unto them, hath it not been given.
Matthew 13:34-35
All these things, spake Jesus in parables, unto the multitudes, and, without a parable, was he speaking, nothing, unto them:
Mark 4:34
but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them, - privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.