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2 Timothy 4:4
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They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
And they shall turne away their eares from the trueth, and shall be turned vnto fables.
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
They will stop listening to the truth and will begin to follow false stories.
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
They will turn from the truth and eagerly listen to senseless stories.
Yes, they will stop listening to the truth, but will turn aside to follow myths.
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.
People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.
And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables.
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and they will turn to fables.
They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.
and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.
and they will turn away the ear from the truth and will be turned aside to myths.
and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7; Titus 1:14;">[xr]
And from the truth they will turn away their ear, but to fables will decline.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.
And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
And treuli thei schulen turne awei the heryng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turne.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
And they will turn away [their] ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
They will reject the truth and chase after myths.
They will not listen to the truth. Instead, they will listen to stories made up by men.
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.
And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.
And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
and shall turne their eares from ye trueth and shalbe geven vnto fables.
and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables.
which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.
They'll trade the truth for lies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
turn: 2 Timothy 1:15, Proverbs 1:32, Zechariah 7:11, Acts 7:57, Hebrews 13:25
unto: 1 Timothy 1:4, 1 Timothy 4:7, Titus 1:14, 2 Peter 1:16
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:5 - turn you Deuteronomy 30:17 - heart 1 Kings 18:22 - Baal's prophets Job 21:14 - for we Psalms 50:17 - hatest Proverbs 17:4 - General Proverbs 28:9 - turneth Ecclesiastes 9:18 - sinner Jeremiah 5:31 - my people Jeremiah 27:15 - that I Matthew 13:15 - ears Matthew 13:47 - and gathered Matthew 18:7 - for Luke 14:18 - I have John 8:45 - General Acts 20:30 - of your 1 Corinthians 14:38 - General 2 Corinthians 2:17 - which 2 Corinthians 11:3 - so 2 Corinthians 11:13 - false Galatians 1:7 - pervert Philippians 3:2 - evil 2 Thessalonians 2:3 - except 1 Timothy 1:19 - concerning 1 Timothy 4:1 - depart 2 Timothy 3:7 - learning Titus 1:10 - there Hebrews 12:25 - turn away 1 John 2:18 - ye have
Cross-References
And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.
And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,.... The solid truths of the Gospel, not being able to bear the hearing of them:
and shall be turned unto fables; things idle, trifling, useless, and, unprofitable; and which are no better than old wives' fables; some respect may be had either to Jewish fables, or to the miraculous mythologies of the Gentiles, or of the Gnostics, and others: but in general, it includes everything that is vain, empty, and senseless; and this is to be considered as a just judgment upon them; that since they like not to retain the knowledge of the truth, but turn away their ears from it, God gives them up to a reprobate mind, a mind void of sense and judgment, to attend to things idle and fabulous.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth - That is, the people themselves will turn away from the truth. It does not mean that the teachers would turn them away by the influence of their instructions.
And shall be turned unto fables; - See the notes at 1 Timothy 1:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Timothy 4:4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth — The truth strips them of their vices, sacrifices their idols, darts its lightnings against their easily besetting sins, and absolutely requires a conformity to a crucified Christ; therefore they turn their ears away from it.
And shall be turned unto fables. — Believe any kind of stuff and nonsense; for, as one has justly observed, "Those who reject the truth are abandoned by the just judgment of God to credit the most degrading nonsense." This is remarkably the case with most deists; their creed often exhibits what is grossly absurd.
