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Psalms 49:4
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Psalms 49:4
4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
4*I will incline mine eare to a parable; I will open my darke saying vpon the harpe.
- Mat.13.35. psal. 78.2.
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Psalms 49:4
Lean unto, or towards.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A comparison or earthly account used to set forth a truth.
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Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest; as a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Destitute of light; obscure. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. Obscurity; a state of ignorance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A stringed musical instrument sounded by the fingers.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Open the full verse study35That 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.
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Open the full verse study8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
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Open the full verse study7And 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.
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Open the full verse study12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
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Open the full verse study3Therefore 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.
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Open the full verse study11He 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.
12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Open the full verse study23And 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.
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Open the full verse study49Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
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Open the full verse study6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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