4I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.


In Context

1 Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world:

2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

4 I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp.

5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Psalm 49:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:4I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: