4and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.


In Context

1 I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

2 proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;

4 and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.

5 But thou, be sober in all things, bear evils, do the work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.

6 For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come.

2 Timothy 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables.