Psalms 78:2-3
Psalms 78:1-4 The Message (MSG)
Listen, dear friends, to God’s truth, bend your ears to what I tell you. I’m chewing on the morsel of a proverb; I’ll let you in on the sweet old truths, Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our mother’s knee. We’re not keeping this to ourselves, we’re passing it along to the next generation— GOD’s fame and fortune, the marvelous things he has done.
Psalms 78:2-3 King James Version (KJV)
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 New Century Version (NCV)
I will speak using stories; I will tell secret things from long ago. We have heard them and known them by what our ancestors have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 American Standard Version (ASV)
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 New International Version (NIV)
I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I will open my mouth in a parable [to instruct using examples]; I will utter dark and puzzling sayings of old [that contain important truth]— [Matt 13:34, 35] Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
Psalms 78:2-3 New Living Translation (NLT)
for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
Psalms 78:2-4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
A parable and a proverb are hidden in what I say— an intriguing riddle from the past. We’ve heard true stories from our fathers about our rich heritage. We will continue to tell our children and not hide from the rising generation the great marvels of our God— his miracles and power that have brought us all this far.