Psalms 49:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

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  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
  • Num 12:8 : 8 mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and `by' an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant -- against Moses?'
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
  • Luke 12:3 : 3 because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
  • Num 23:7 : 7 And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant `with' Israel.
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, They are saying of me, Is he not using similes?
  • Dan 8:23 : 23 `And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;
  • Matt 13:11-15 : 11 And he answering said to them that -- `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given, 12 for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him. 13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand, 14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, 15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

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    20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,

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    72%

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