Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: New Living Translation I listen carefully to many proverbs and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp. English Standard Version I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre. Berean Standard Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp: King James Bible I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. New King James Version I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp. New American Standard Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. NASB 1995 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. NASB 1977 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. Legacy Standard Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. Amplified Bible I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb; On the lyre I will unfold my riddle. Christian Standard Bible I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre. Holman Christian Standard Bible I turn my ear to a proverb; I explain my riddle with a lyre. American Standard Version I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I shall turn my ears to parables and I shall speak my riddles with the harp. Brenton Septuagint Translation I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp. Contemporary English Version I have in mind a mystery that I will explain while playing my harp. Douay-Rheims Bible I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery. English Revised Version I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. GOD'S WORD® Translation I will turn my attention to a proverb. I will explain my riddle with the [music of] a lyre. Good News Translation I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp. International Standard Version I will focus my attention on a proverb; I will use the harp to expound my riddle. JPS Tanakh 1917 I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Literal Standard Version I incline my ear to an allegory, | I open my riddle with a harp: Majority Standard Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp: New American Bible I will turn my ear to a riddle, expound my question on a lyre. NET Bible I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. New Revised Standard Version I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp. New Heart English Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will open my riddle on the harp. Webster's Bible Translation I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. World English Bible I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp. Young's Literal Translation I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Evanescence of Wealth…3My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding. 4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp: 5Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?… Cross References Numbers 12:8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?" 1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. 2 Kings 3:15 But now, bring me a harpist." And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha Psalm 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God. Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, Proverbs 1:6 by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. Treasury of Scripture I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp. incline Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Matthew 13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. parable Numbers 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. Ezekiel 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? Matthew 13:11-15 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given… dark Proverbs 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. Luke 12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Jump to Previous Clear Dark Ear Expound Express Harp Incline Lyre Music Open Parable Proverb Riddle Sayings Simile Solve Story Teaching TurnJump to Next Clear Dark Ear Expound Express Harp Incline Lyre Music Open Parable Proverb Riddle Sayings Simile Solve Story Teaching TurnPsalm 49 1. An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrection16. Worldly prosperity is not to be admired (4) I will incline mine ear.--The psalmist first listens, that he may himself catch the inspiration which is to reach others through his song. It was an obvious metaphor in a nation to whom God's voice was audible, as it was to Wordsworth, for whom nature had an audible voice: "The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lend her ear In many a secret place, Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty, born of murmuring sound, Shall pass into her face." Parable.--Heb. m?shal, root idea, similitude. It is the term used of Balaam's prophecies, and of the eloquent speeches of Job. Hence here proverb-song (Ewald), since the psalmist intends his composition for musical accompaniment. Dark saying.--Either from a root meaning to tie, and so "a knotty point;" or to sharpen, and so a sharp, incisive saying. The LXX. and Vulgate have "problem," "proposition." To open the riddle is not to solve it, but to propound it, as we say to "open a discourse." (Comp. St. Paul's phrase, "opening and alleging.") The full phrase is probably found in Proverbs 31:26, "She openeth her mouth with wisdom.'" . . . Verse 4. - I will incline mine ear to a parable. The psalmist is "like a minstrel who has to play a piece of music put into his hands. The strain is none of his own devising; and as he proceeds, each note awakes in him a mysterious echo, which he would fain catch and retain in memory" (Kay). A "parable" in the Old Testament means any enigmatical or dark saying, into which much metaphor or imagery is introduced, so that it is only φωνᾶν συνετοῖσι. I will open my dark saying upon the harp; i.e. with a harp accompaniment. Music was a help to inspired persons in the delivery of messages which they were commissioned to deliver (see 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Kings 3:15).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will inclineאַטֶּ֣ה (’aṭ·ṭeh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend my ear אָזְנִ֑י (’ā·zə·nî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear to a proverb; לְמָשָׁ֣ל (lə·mā·šāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile I will express אֶפְתַּ֥ח (’ep̄·taḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve my riddle חִידָתִֽי׃ (ḥî·ḏā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question with the harp: בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר (bə·ḵin·nō·wr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3658: A harp Links Psalm 49:4 NIVPsalm 49:4 NLT Psalm 49:4 ESV Psalm 49:4 NASB Psalm 49:4 KJV Psalm 49:4 BibleApps.com Psalm 49:4 Biblia Paralela Psalm 49:4 Chinese Bible Psalm 49:4 French Bible Psalm 49:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 49:4 I will incline my ear to (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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