2 Timothy 4:4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

English Standard Version
and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

New American Standard Bible
and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

King James Bible
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Holman Christian Standard 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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

Darby Bible Translation
and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to 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.

Cross References

Isaiah 30:10
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Matthew 13:15
For 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.

2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

1 Timothy 1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Titus 1:14
Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

4:1-5 People will turn away from the truth, they will grow weary of the plain gospel of Christ, they will be greedy of fables, and take pleasure in them. People do so when they will not endure that preaching which is searching, plain, and to the purpose. Those who love souls must be ever watchful, must venture and bear all the painful effects of their faithfulness, and take all opportunities of making known the pure gospel.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

4. The ear brooks not what is opposed to the man's lusts.

turned—Greek, "turned aside" (1Ti 1:6). It is a righteous retribution, that when men turn away from the truth, they should be turned to fables (Jer 2:19).

fables—(1Ti 1:4).