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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/78-1.htm" title="Psalm 78:1">◄</a> Psalm 78:2 <a href="../psalms/78-3.htm" title="Psalm 78:3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><a href="/interlinear/psalms/78.htm">Psalm 78 - Click for Chapter</a></div><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6605: 1) to open <BR> 1a) (Qal) to open <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be opened, be let loose, be thrown open <BR> 1c) (Piel) <BR> 1c1) to free <BR> 1c2) to loosen <BR> 1c3) to open, open oneself <BR> 1d) (Hithpael) to loose oneself <BR> 2) to carve, engrave <BR> 2a) (Piel) to engrave <BR> 2b) (Pual) to be engraved">6605</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6605 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span><span class="reftop">   2</span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/eftechah_6605.htm" title="'ef·te·Chah: I will open -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">’ep̄·tə·ḥāh</a></span><span class="reftrans">   2</span><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right"><tr><td width="99%" align="right"><span class="hebrew">אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה</span></td><td width="1"><span class="refheb">   2</span><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="right"><span class="eng">I will open</span><span class="refbot">   2</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular">V‑Qal‑Imperf.Cohort‑1cs</a></span><span class="reftop2">   2</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct2">–</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4912.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4912: 1) proverb, parable <BR> 1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism <BR> 1b) byword <BR> 1c) similitude, parable <BR> 1d) poem <BR> 1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims">4912</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4912.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4912 -- Occurrence 1 of 1">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vemashal_4912.htm" title="ve·ma·Shal: in a parable -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ḇə·mā·šāl</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">בְמָשָׁ֣ל</span><br><span class="eng">in a parable</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-b :: Noun - masculine singular">Prep‑b | N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh<BR> 1) mouth <BR> 1a) mouth (of man)<BR> 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) <BR> 1c) mouth (of animals) <BR> 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) <BR> 1e) extremity, end pim <BR> 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21">6310</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6310 -- Occurrence 82 of 109">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/pi_6310.htm" title="Pi;: my mouth -- Occurrence 82 of 109.">pî;</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">פִּ֑י</span><br><span class="eng">my mouth</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular construct :: first person common singular">N‑msc | 1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5042.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5042: 1) to flow, pour out, pour, gush forth, spring, bubble up, ferment <BR> 1a) (Qal) to flow <BR> 1b)(Hiphil) to pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth <BR> 1b1) to pour out <BR> 1b2) to cause to bubble, ferment <BR> 1b3) to pour forth, emit, belch forth">5042</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5042.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5042 -- Occurrence 1 of 2">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/abbiah_5042.htm" title="'ab·Bi·'ah: I will utter -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">’ab·bî·‘āh</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">אַבִּ֥יעָה</span><br><span class="eng">I will utter</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular">V‑Hifil‑Imperf.Cohort‑1cs</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2420.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2420: 1) riddle, difficult question, parable, enigmatic saying or question, perplexing saying or question <BR> 1a) riddle (dark obscure utterance) <BR> 1b) riddle, enigma (to be guessed) <BR> 1c) perplexing questions (difficult) <BR> 1d) double dealing (with 'havin')">2420</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2420.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2420 -- Occurrence 1 of 3">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chidot_2420.htm" title="chi·Dot,: dark sayings -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">ḥî·ḏō·wṯ,</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">חִ֝יד֗וֹת</span><br><span class="eng">dark sayings</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine plural">N‑fp</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep<BR> 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than <BR> 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of <BR> 1b) out of <BR> 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) <BR> 1b2) (of material from which something is made) <BR> 1b3) (of source or origin) <BR> 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) <BR> 1d) from, since, after (of time) <BR> 1e) than, more than (in comparison) <BR> 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or <BR> 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) <BR> 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) <BR> conj <BR> 2) that">4480</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4480 -- Occurrence 27 of 34">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/minni_4480.htm" title="min·ni-: of -- Occurrence 27 of 34.">min·nî-</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">מִנִּי־</span><br><span class="eng">of</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition">Prep</a></span></td></tr></table><table class="tablefloatheb"><tr><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"> </span> <br><span class="translit"> </span><br><span class="hebrew"> <span class="punct3"> ､</span><br><span class="eng"> </span><br><span class="strongsnt"> </span></td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"> </td><td height="165" valign="middle" align="right"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6924: n m <BR> 1) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime <BR> 1a) front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East <BR> 1b) ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time <BR> 1c) anciently, of old (adverb) <BR> 1d) beginning <BR> 1e) east <BR> adv <BR> 2) eastward, to or toward the East">6924</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6924 -- Occurrence 19 of 33">[e]</a></span><br><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/kedem_6924.htm" title="Ke·dem.: old -- Occurrence 19 of 33.">qe·ḏem.</a></span><br><span class="hebrew">קֶֽדֶם׃</span><br><span class="eng">old</span><br><span class="strongsnt"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N‑ms</a></span></td></tr></table><iframe src="/intframe4ot.htm" width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' 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href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> from</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6924.htm" title="קֶדֶם ncmsa 6924"> the past</a> —</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/78.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6605a.htm" title="6605a">I will open</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">my mouth</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4912.htm" title="4912. mashal (maw-shawl') -- a proverb, parable">in a parable;</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5042.htm" title="5042. naba' (naw-bah') -- to flow, spring, bubble up">I will utter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2420.htm" title="2420. chiydah (khee-daw') -- a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question">dark</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2420.htm" title="2420. chiydah (khee-daw') -- a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question">sayings</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6924a.htm" title="6924a">of old,</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/78.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605. pathach (paw-thakh') -- appear">I will open</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310. peh (peh) -- mouth">my mouth</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/4912.htm" title="4912. mashal (maw-shawl') -- a proverb, parable">in a parable:</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/5042.htm" title="5042. naba' (naw-bah') -- to flow, spring, bubble up">I will utter</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/2420.htm" title="2420. chiydah (khee-daw') -- a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question">dark sayings</a> <a href="//biblesuite.com/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924. qedem (keh'-dem) -- aforetime">of old:</a> </span><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/78.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I will tell a parable, speaking riddles from long ago—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/78.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/78.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2</a> • <a href="/niv/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 KJV</a> • <a href="//biblecommenter.com/psalms/78-2.htm">Psalm 78:2 Commentaries</a> • <a 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