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


In Context

1 I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign —

2 preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

3 for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers — itching in the hearing,

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

5 And thou — watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

6 for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

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 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 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.