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


In Context

1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

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

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:4 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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