2nd Timothy Chapter 4 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndTimothy 4:4

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
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BBE 2ndTimothy 4:4

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
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DARBY 2ndTimothy 4:4

and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables.
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KJV 2ndTimothy 4:4

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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WBT 2ndTimothy 4:4


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WEB 2ndTimothy 4:4

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
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YLT 2ndTimothy 4:4

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Will turn for they shall turn, A.V.; turn aside for shall be turned, A.V. Will turn away, etc. The sober, sound doctrine of the Word of God, teaching self-discipline, humility, and purity of heart and life, will not assuage their itching ears, and therefore they will turn away from it, and go after more congenial fables - those taught by the heretics. Turn aside (ἐκτραπήσοναι); as 1 Timothy 1:6, note. Fables (μύθους); see 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:7; Titus 1:14; 2 Peter 1:16 (on the Jewish origin of these fables, see Bishop Ellicott's note on 1 Timothy 1:4).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) And they shall turn away their ears from the truth.--This was the punishment of those who would only listen to what was pleasing to them, and which flattered instead of reproved their way of life. They became involved in the many various errors in doctrine which were then taught in the schools of the heretics, and they ended by turning away from every Christian truth. On the "fables" which they substituted for those great and eternal truths, see 1Timothy 1:4.