Psalms 78:2
What does Psalms 78:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 78:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
KJV
King James Version · 1611I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 13:11
And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Mark 4:34
and without a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.
- Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
- Psalms 49:4
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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