2 Timothy 4:4

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth, and shalbe turned vnto 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.

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 adjure thee before God, and Christ Jesus - Who is about to be judging living and dead, - both as to his forthshining and his kingdom, ² Proclaim the word, take thy position - in season, out of season, - convince, rebuke, encourage, - with all long-suffering and teaching. ³ For there will be a season - when, the healthful teaching, they will not endure, but, according to their own covetings, will, unto themselves, heap up teachers, because they have an itching ear, ⁴ And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside. ⁵ But, thou, - be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do, the work, of an evangelist, thy ministry, completely fulfill; ⁶ For, I, already, am being poured out as a drink-offering, and, the season of my release, is at hand, - ⁷ The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept: ⁸ Henceforth, lieth by for me - the crown, of righteousness, which the Lord will render unto me in that, day, - The righteous judge, - Ye, not alone unto me, but unto all them also who have loved his forthshining.

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
So Cain went forth from the presence of Yahweh, - and dwelt in the land of Nod, eastward of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived, and bare Enoch, - Now it happened that he was building a city, so he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took to himself two wives, - the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;

Genesis 15:17
So it came to pass when, the sun, had gone in, and Ira thick darkness, had come on, that lo there was a smoking hearth and torch of fire, which passed through between these pieces.

Exodus 13:12
that thou shalt set apart whatsoever is born first, to Yahweh; and, of all firstlings of beasts which thou shalt have, the males, shall pertain to Yahweh.

Leviticus 9:24
yea, there came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed upon the altar, the ascending-sacrifice and the portions of fat, - and all the people beheld and shouted, and fell down upon their faces.

Numbers 16:35
Fire also came forth, from Yahweh, - and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn, - the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.

Numbers 18:17
Only a firstling ox or a firstling sheep or a firstling goat, shalt thou not redeem, hallowed, they are, - their blood, shalt thou dash against the altar and of their fat, shalt thou make a perfume, an altar-flame, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh:

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.