2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:


In Context

1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old:

3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

Psalm 78:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old-

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

78:2I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: