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Bishop's Bible

2 Timothy 4:4

And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Fable;   Lust;   Minister, Christian;   Truth;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Apostasy;   Deafness;   Deafness-Hearing;   Fables;   Faithfulness-Unfaithfulness;   Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Doctrine;   Fables;   Last Days;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Doctrines, False;   Truth;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Endurance;   Hear, Hearing;   Myth;   Truth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fable;   Revelation of Christ;   Truth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Evangelist;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 2 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fable;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - John Epistles of;   Myth;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Fable,;   Prophets, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostasy;   Fable;   Peter, Simon;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
King James Version (1611)
And they shall turne away their eares from the trueth, and shall be turned vnto fables.
King James Version
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
English Standard Version
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
New American Standard Bible
and they will turn their ears away from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
New Century Version
They will stop listening to the truth and will begin to follow false stories.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Legacy Standard Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
Berean Standard Bible
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Contemporary English Version
They will turn from the truth and eagerly listen to senseless stories.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, they will stop listening to the truth, but will turn aside to follow myths.
Darby Translation
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.
Easy-to-Read Version
People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And shall turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe giuen vnto fables.
George Lamsa Translation
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and they will turn to fables.
Good News Translation
They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.
Lexham English Bible
and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.
Literal Translation
and they will turn away the ear from the truth and will be turned aside to myths.
Amplified Bible
and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].
American Standard Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Bible in Basic English
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Hebrew Names Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
International Standard Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7; Titus 1:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And from the truth they will turn away their ear, but to fables will decline.
Murdock Translation
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.
English Revised Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
World English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Weymouth's New Testament
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And treuli thei schulen turne awei the heryng fro treuthe, but to fablis thei schulen turne.
Update Bible Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they will turn away [their] ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.
New English Translation
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
New King James Version
and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
New Living Translation
They will reject the truth and chase after myths.
New Life Bible
They will not listen to the truth. Instead, they will listen to stories made up by men.
New Revised Standard
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.
Revised Standard Version
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and shall turne their eares from ye trueth and shalbe geven vnto fables.
Young's Literal Translation
and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables.
Mace New Testament (1729)
which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They'll trade the truth for lies.

Contextual Overview

1 I testifie therefore before God, & the Lorde Iesus Christe, which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng, and his kingdome. 2 Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine. 3 For the tyme wyll come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine: but after their owne lustes, shal they whose eares itche, get the an heape of teachers: 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto fables. 5 But watche thou in all thynges, suffer afflictions, do the worke of an Euangelist, fulfyll thy ministerie: 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered, & the tyme of my dissolution is at hande. 7 I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled [my] course, I haue kept ye faith. 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.

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

Genesis 4:16
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.
Genesis 4:17
Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.
Genesis 4:20
And Ada bare Iabel, which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes, and of such as haue cattell.
Genesis 15:17
And so it was, that when the sonne went downe, and it was twylyght, beholde a smokyng furnesse and a fire brande goyng betweene the said peeces.
Exodus 13:12
And then thou shalt appoynt vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice, and euery firstlyng that commeth of a beast which thou hast, yf it be a male, it shalbe the Lordes.
Leviticus 9:24
And there came a fire out from before the Lorde, and consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offering & the fat: Whiche when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces.
Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense.
Numbers 18:12
Al the fat of the oyle, & al the fat of the wine, & of the wheate, which they shall offer vnto the Lorde for first fruites, the same haue I geuen vnto thee.
Numbers 18:17
But the first borne of a cowe, sheepe, & goate, shalt thou not redeeme, for they are holy: therfore thou shalt sprinckle their blood vpon the aulter, and shalt burne their fat as a sacrifice made by fire, for a sweete sauour vnto 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.


 
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