Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths.
New American Standard Bible
and
King James Version
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Holman Bible
They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
International Standard Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.
American Standard Version
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Amplified
and will turn their ears away from the truth and will wander off into myths and man-made fictions [and will accept the unacceptable].
An Understandable Version
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn their attention to myths.
Anderson New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to fables.
Bible in Basic English
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
Common New Testament
and will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
Daniel Mace New Testament
which, while they are deaf to the truth, attentively listen to fables.
Darby Translation
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.
Godbey New Testament
and they will indeed turn their hearing from the truth, and be turned unto fables.
Goodspeed New Testament
and they will turn from listening to the truth and wander off after fictions.
John Wesley New Testament
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Julia Smith Translation
And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions.
King James 2000
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.
Modern King James verseion
And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and shall turn their ears from the truth, and shall be given unto fables:
Moffatt New Testament
they will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths.
Montgomery New Testament
They will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.
NET Bible
And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
New Heart English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to myths.
Noyes New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Sawyer New Testament
and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to myths.
The Emphasized Bible
And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and listen unto fables.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They will turn a deaf ear to the Truth, and give their attention to legends instead.
Webster
And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned to fables.
Weymouth New Testament
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
Williams New Testament
and they will cease to listen to the truth and will turn to listen to myths.
World English Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
Worrell New Testament
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to the fables.
Worsley New Testament
and turn away their attention from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
Youngs Literal Translation
and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
Themes
Apostasy » Warnings concerning
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
Doctrine » Some not enduring sound doctrine
false Doctrines » The wicked love
Fables » Some being turned to fables
Topics
Interlinear
Apostrepho
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Timothy 4:4
Prayers for 2 Timothy 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Charge To Timothy
3 For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, 4 and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths. 5 But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:4
nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith.
1 Timothy 4:7
But reject the profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself to piety.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,
Titus 1:14
not giving heed to Jewish myths, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
2 Peter 1:16
For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.
Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Acts 7:57
But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord.
2 Timothy 1:15
This thou know, that all those in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Hebrews 13:25
Grace is with you all. Truly.